North Korea has long complained about U.S.-South Korean military exercises â and not entirely without reason. (Ask a Georgian how Russiaâs Kavkaz-2008 exercise ended.) As the Clinton administration neared a nuclear deal with North Korea, it suspended the old, annual Team Spirit exercise that so irritated North Korea.
The stomach's main function is digestion. It does this by: The stomach uses pepsin (enzyme) and peptidase (another enzyme) to break down proteins in your food. The acid released by the stomach doesn't break down food it only provides a good environment for the enzymes to work in.
23 Interesting Stomach Facts, Function, Parts & Diseases. The widest and most distensible part of your digestive system, called stomach, does a lot more than just digesting the food. This J-shaped pouch stores food, churns it, breaks it down both mechanically and chemically, kills microbes, secretes hormones and mucus, and also absorbs nutrients.