# What is the stomach?

The the stomach is called the stomach. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as a muscular, sac-like organ.

## What it means

- A muscular, sac-like organ.
- The widest part of the digestive tract.
- Stores food, mixes it with acid and enzymes, and releases it gradually into the small intestine.

## Action steps

1. In the upper left of the abdomen, just below the diaphragm.
2. Between the esophagus above and the duodenum below.
3. Curves from left to right across the upper abdomen.

## Sources

- [Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918)](https://www.bartleby.com/107/)

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