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The stomach is a muscular hollow dilated part of the digestion system which functions as an important organ of the digestive tract in some animals including vertebrates echinoderms insects (mid-gut) and molluscs. It is involved in the second phase of digestion following mastication (chewing).The stomach is located between the esophagus and the small intestine.

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artery
Left gastric artery, Left gastro-omental artery, Right gastric artery, Right gastro-omental artery, Short gastric arteries
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lymph
Celiac lymph nodes
MeSH name
Stomach
MeSH number
A03.556.875.875
nerve
Vagus nerve, Celiac ganglia
precursor
Foregut
vein
Left gastroepiploic vein, Short gastric veins, Right gastroepiploic vein, Left gastric vein, Right gastric vein

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