stomach
Noun
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is a type of: internal organ, viscus - a main organ that is situated inside the bodysubtypes:
- craw, crop - a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
- first stomach, rumen - the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing
- reticulum, second stomach - the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
- omasum, psalterium, third stomach - the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
- abomasum, fourth stomach - the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place
has:- arteria gastrica, gastric artery - the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach
- gastric vein, vena gastrica - one of several veins draining the stomach walls
- gastroepiploic vein, gastroomental vein, vena gastroomentalis - one of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach
- epigastric fossa, pit of the stomach - a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)
is a part of: alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, gi tract - tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination -
is a type of: body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremitysubtypes: underbelly, underbody - the soft belly or underside of an animal's bodyhas:
- abdominal aorta - a branch of the descending aorta
- arteria colica, colic artery - arteries that supply blood to the colon
- hypochondrium - the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium
- bowel, gut, intestine - the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
- belly button, bellybutton, navel, omphalos, omphalus, umbilicus - a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
- ab, abdominal, abdominal muscle - the muscles of the abdomen
- abdomen, abdominal cavity - the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm
- abdominal wall - a wall of the abdomen
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is a type of: inclination - that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
Verb
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is a type of: digest - convert food into absorbable substances
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subtypes:
- accept, live with, swallow - tolerate or accommodate oneself to
- hold still for, stand for - tolerate or bear
- bear up - endure cheerfully
- take lying down - suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively
- take a joke - listen to a joke at one's own expense
- sit out - endure to the end
- pay - bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
verb group: suffer - experience (emotional) pain
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