Stomach
The stomach is a muscular, hollow, dilated part of the digestion system which functions as an important organ of the digestive tract in some animals, including vertebrates, echinoderms, insects (mid-gut), and molluscs. It is involved in the second phase of digestion, following mastication (chewing).
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Famous quotes containing the word stomach:
“That’s metaphysics, my dear fellow. It’s forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won’t take it.”
—Boris Pasternak (1890–1960)
“One’s stomach is one’s internal environment.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“Lilly Dillon: How’d you get that punch in the stomach, Roy?
Roy Dillon: I tripped on a chair.
Lilly Dillon: Get off the grift, Roy.
Roy Dillon: Why?
Lilly Dillon: You haven’t got the stomach for it.”
—Donald E. Westlake (b. 1933)