Dear all:
I've been searching online with no great success and I don't have that great of physiology
texts at home. Does anyone have a reference for the normal (unstretched and distended)
capacity of the adult stomach? I found a reference for 2-4 liters which sounds enormous to
me. I'm doing a comparison of the newborn and the adult stomach graphically and when
you compare even a day 3 stomach capacity to 2-4 liters --- the newborn stomach size
almost doesn't register on the graph! Which makes it really good for showing why infants
need to feed frequently. But I really don't think the 2-4 liters is something normal adults
drink at one time. Its making me feel bloated just thinking about that quantity of liquid.
Best, Susan Burger
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