Stomach Introduction

Stomach MythBusters: Fact or Fiction?

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Poll

Spicy food causes ulcers.

• True

• False

Poll

Your stomach digests itself every few days.

• True

• False

Poll

Your stomach shrinks if you eat less.

• True

• False

Poll

Chewing gum stays in your stomach for 7 years.

• True

• False

Digestive Race: How Long Does It Take?

Categorize

Options (4)

Soda

Bread

Steak

Greasy food

Rank the foods from fastest to slowest digestion time.

Which one do you think your stomach digests the fastest? The slowest?

Organize these options into the right categories

Fastest

Fast

Slow

Slowest

“You Ate WHAT?!”—Extreme Stomach Stories

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What is the weirdest thing you think someone has ever swallowed?

Extreme stomach case studies

• A patient who swallowed 100+ coins.

• A toddler who ingested magnets, causing intestinal damage.

• A person with Pica, a disorder where people eat non-food objects.