When your stomach "rumbles", what is really happening?

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When your stomach "rumbles", what is really happening?

2006-11-29 02:08:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health

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It's called *peristalsis* and it is the constriction and relaxation of the intestines to push food (at this stage, it's called CHYME) along in/through your guts, through the colon and out the rectum. Cramping. Here's a link about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peristalsis

2006-11-29 02:28:48 · answer #1 · answered by SuperCityRob 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Your stomach is empty and you are hungry.

2006-11-29 10:11:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋

i think its somehow collasping from lack of food.

2006-11-29 10:16:35 · answer #3 · answered by forest lover 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋

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2006-11-29 10:20:04 · answer #4 · answered by ABC 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋