For Kids: Map of Organs

Stomach

Warren Bishop, MD
The University of Iowa Department of Pediatrics

My stomach has several jobs. It holds all the food I just ate...
Adds acid and chemicals called enzymes...
And mixes it up by squeezing with its muscular walls...
My food is now liquid and is being broken down, or digested, into chemicals my body needs.

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