Digestive system Part -2

The stomach is a greatly dilated segment of the digestive tract whose main functions are:

1. To continue the digestion of carbohydrates initiated by the amylase of saliva.

2. To add an acidic fluid to the ingested food and mixing its contents into a viscous mass called chyme by the churning activity of the muscularized.

3. To begin digestion of triglycerides by a secreted lipase.

4. To promote the initial digestion of proteins with the enzyme pepsin.