MEDICAL
STOMACH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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12 miles long
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12 inches long
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Your empty stomach is about 12 inches long by 6 inches across at its widest point. As an adult, your stomach can expand to hold about 1 quart of food. When you stretch your stomach with a lot of food, it doesn’t stay that way or stretch out. It simply goes back to its previous size once it digests your food.
Detailed explanation-2: -The empty stomach is only about the size of your fist, but can stretch to hold as much as 4 liters of food and fluid, or more than 75 times its empty volume, and then return to its resting size when empty.
Detailed explanation-3: -How much a person’s stomach can stretch varies widely and depends on several factors. The average human stomach can hold about one liter before that feeling of fullness kicks in. But some stomachs can stretch to hold as much as two to four liters.