. Outlines of the comparative physiology and morphology of animals. Anatomy, Comparative; Physiology, Comparative. NUTRITION PROPER. ^11 Starch. If the food remained long enough in the mouth the saccharization would take place there, but in fact it takes place in the stomach, although the stomach has really nothing to do with the process. On the contrary, the gastric juice by its acidity rather checks the saccha- rization of starch, so that this change takes place mainly in the early stages of stomach digestion before gastric juice is yet formed in large quantities. The Stomach.—The.position i

. Outlines of the comparative physiology and morphology of animals. Anatomy, Comparative; Physiology, Comparative. NUTRITION PROPER. ^11 Starch. If the food remained long enough in the mouth the saccharization would take place there, but in fact it takes place in the stomach, although the stomach has really nothing to do with the process. On the contrary, the gastric juice by its acidity rather checks the saccha- rization of starch, so that this change takes place mainly in the early stages of stomach digestion before gastric juice is yet formed in large quantities. The Stomach.—The.position i Stock Photo
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. Outlines of the comparative physiology and morphology of animals. Anatomy, Comparative; Physiology, Comparative. NUTRITION PROPER. ^11 Starch. If the food remained long enough in the mouth the saccharization would take place there, but in fact it takes place in the stomach, although the stomach has really nothing to do with the process. On the contrary, the gastric juice by its acidity rather checks the saccha- rization of starch, so that this change takes place mainly in the early stages of stomach digestion before gastric juice is yet formed in large quantities. The Stomach.—The.position is just below the dia- phragm and behind the triangular space in front called. Fig. 198. —Stomach of man ; a section showing form and interior surface: oe, oesophagus ; p, pylorus ; bd, bile duct; gbl, gall bladder; fls, pan- creas. thepit of the stomach, but a little more to the left side. Its shape is seen in Fig. 198. Of its two openings, that leading into the oesophagus is called the cardiac, and that leading into the intestines the pyloric orifice.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901. New York, D. Appleton and Company