2007-03-24 16:35:21 · 5 answers · asked by olga m 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
The word for stomach growling is "borborygmi."
It happens when your stomach walls squeeze together in an attempt to mix and digest food and there's no food there.
When the "hunger center" in your brain detects a lack of nutrients in the blood, it sends a signal to the stomach to start trying to digest something, and the growling begins.
2007-03-24 16:39:00 · answer #1 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because when the stomach is hungry, secretion is going on of various gastric juices and digestive hormones. Because of its effect, the nerves supplying the stomach and the intestinal area are stimulated. They convey a message to the brain. The brain also sends back signals in form of neuronal impulse. These impulses contract the gastric and intestinal muscles and there occurs a rhythmic propelling muscular contraction which is also known as peristalsis. Sometimes the peristalsis are so strong that you can feel that noise outside. Peristalsis occur everytime but basically they are the contractions to propel the food. So they are of maximum strength after 1-2 hours of eating.
2007-03-24 16:39:43 · answer #2 · answered by asdasd 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because your hungury. And because your stomach is digesting itself. As time goes by if you don't eat your stomach gets smaller because of lack of food intake. It's very unhealthy to do that for a long period of time.
2007-03-24 16:39:36 · answer #3 · answered by ~* Garden Empress*~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's air moning through the intestines. It's not even in your stomache, or has anything to do with hunger!
2007-03-24 16:38:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it wants food (or is upset)
2007-03-24 16:38:32 · answer #5 · answered by Chrys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋