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An elderly male patient with stomach cancer recently had a feeding tube…

- - - - parotid gland
      - sublingual gland
      - submandibular gland
  - - - cardial orifice
  - - - surrounds orifice
    - - dome-shaped
    - - midportion
    - - terminates pylorus
    - - convex lateral surface
    - - concave medial surface
    - - expanded ~4L
      - folds called rugae allow distension
    - - runs from lesser curvature to liver
    - - drapes inferiorly from g curve. over intestine spleen & transverse colon
      - blends with mesocolon
- - - - breaks down proteins
  - - - helps break down proteins into amino acids
  - - - helps break down large starch molecules into smaller sugar molecules.
  - - - breaks apart fats