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The specialized muscle is folded to allow expansion as the stomach fills, and it produces acid to help break food down as well as churning to mechanically smash up food. After food has passed through the stomach, it goes into the small intestine where digestion continues and the now broken-down nutrients are absorbed into the blood stream. The small intestine, which is about 20ft long, connects to the large intestine, which is about 6ft long.
The large intestine sees most of the water absorbed into the bloodstream and the remaining waste matter made into feces.
We often feel very full after eating a large amount because there is a delay for signals from the stretching stomach to reach the brain. You may wonder why you go from feeling hungry to feeling full to bursting without any in-between feeling.
Our body has a very complex way of telling us when we are hungry and full; it requires a number of hormones that are produced in response to the presence or absence of food in the digestive system. If we get the amount of food we consume right, we have the feeling of satiety—fullness that suppresses the urge to eat.
Two of the most important hormones are ghrelin and leptin. If we consider these hormones simplistically, ghrelin increases appetite and leptin decreases appetite. They are produced predominantly in the stomach and fat cells respectively.
Grehlin is usually at a high level before you eat and reduces afterwards. You probably won't , but the possibility exists. The average human stomach holds about 1 liter's-worth of contents. You might have heard that the stomach can shrink or stretch , and to a certain degree that's true. At capacity, the stomach can stretch to hold anywhere from a half gallon to slightly more than a gallon , according to various estimates.
It varies from person to person, but past that point is where it really starts to get risky. The actual term for what people refer to as an "exploded stomach" is gastrointestinalperforation, according to Healthline.
If you do suffer a gastrointestinal perforation, you won't necessarily die—but you can. Not only is there the physical rupture itself to deal with, but the contents of your stomach which would be considerable will begin to spill into the rest of your body, and because it has no business being there you can quickly become septic.
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