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1. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal;
   The principal organ of digestion (synset 105403033)
   is a type of: internal organ, viscus - a main organ that is situated inside the body
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: breadbasket, stomach, tummy

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