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that you told me the starchy part of the food was 
digested in the mouth, and 
the flesh -formers in the 
stomach.” 
4. “ I did,” continued Miss 
Brooks. “ Here is a picture 
of the stomach, and the pipes 
that are connected with it. 
From the inner side of the 
stomach thousands of tiny 
bags pour out a juice — called 
the gastric juice — which 
mixes with the food and dis- 
solves (or digests) the lean 
meat and other flesh-formers.” 
5. “ And what happens 
then?” asked May. 
“ Much of the food which 
has been turned into liquid 
in this way passes, at once, 
into the little blood-vessels 
that are abundant in the wall 
of the stomach. The rest, 
with the undigested part, 
passes into the long tube, 
called the intestines, that 
leads from the stomach. 
6. “ But here two other fluids, the bile and the 
pancreatic juice, pour in to complete the work of 
Alimentary Canal, including 
Gullet (a), Stomach ( b ), Large 
and Small Intestines. 
