Question 1. Where is the stomach located? Between which twoorgans?
Question 2. What is the function of the stomach? What two processes contribute to this function?
Question 3. What structures of the stomach form the superiorand inferior borders?
Question 4. Describe the four stomach regions.
Question 5. How is the distal part of the stomach subdivided?
Question 6. What is the function of the pyloric sphincter?
Question 7. What are gastric rugae? What is their function?
Question 8. Describe the four layers of the stomach.
Question 9. Name the layers of the stomach muscularis. Howdoes it compare to the rest of the digestive tract?
Question 10. What substance is secreted by the mucous cells ofthe epithelium?