*120,22
A pouch with thick, muscular walls
lies just under the liver. This is the
frog's stomach.
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*121,22
It stores and breaks down food, and
continues the digestive process that
began in the mouth.
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*122,22
The stomach is just one organ in the
frog's digestive system.
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*123,22
A number of other organs, such as the
small intestine, help digest the food.
>B(10),126,0
>E(11),126,124
*124,22
Before other organs of the digestive
system can perform their work, the
stomach has to break down the food.
>E(11),126,125
*125,22
It does it by churning the food in
acidic, gastric juices.
>E(10),126,0
*126,32
A frog's stomach is a lot like a
human's.
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*127,32
J-shaped when empty, both frog and human
stomachs can expand to hold big meals.
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>E(01),0,128
*128,32
In frogs as well as humans, the
stomach lining is rough and wrinkled.
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*129,32
Muscles cause the stomach to churn and
the rough lining breaks up the food.
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*1000