Re: Does the size of a human stomach change a lot during growth?

Date: Mon May 17 21:36:33 1999
Posted By: Dirk Daube, Faculty, Psychology, Georgia Perimeter College
Area of science: Development
ID: 923320393.Dv

Message:


The human stomach grows in proportion to the other organs of the body.
On average the adult stomach holds about 2 liters.
However since the stomach is made of mostly muscle tissue, with an inner 
surface of squamus eppithillial cells, that tissue can be streched to make it
appear that it has grown.

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