Structure
J shaped bag Fundus - top of the stomach Cardia - area where food content passes from oesophagus to stomach Body Antrum - bottom of stomach, pyloric area
Function
Stores food before passing it to duodenum
Mixes food with gastric secretions to produce chyme
Initiates digestion of proteins (via HCl and pepsin)
Rugae
Folds in the internal lining of the stomach
Gastric gland secretions - oxyntic mucosa
Parietal cells
Chief cells
Enterochromaffin cells
Gastric gland secretions - pyloric gland area
G cells - secrete gastrin
D cells - secrete somatostatin
Stomach blood supply
Along lesser curvature - R&L gastric arteries (anastamose together)
Along greater curvature - R&L gastro-momental arteries (anastomose together)