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What does my stomach look like?
Signed, Bellyful


Dear Bellyful



When your stomach is empty it looks like an empty, collapsed pink balloon. As you begin eat and fill it, your stomach stretches. Soon, it looks like a j-shaped, inflated balloon. Inside, rippled walls, coated with mucus, secrete hydrochloric acid and powerful enzymes that break down the food you've eaten.

Signed,

Wendell



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