1 Gently place 2 fingers of your other hand on this artery. 2  Do not use your thumb, because it has its own pulse that you may feel. 3  Count the beats for 30 seconds, and then double the result to get the number of beats per minute.
Absorption in the Stomach. The stomach absorbs very few substances, although small amounts of certain lipid-soluble compounds can be taken up, including aspirin, other non-steroidal anti-infammatory drugs, and ethanol.lossary. The stomach absorbs very few substances, although small amounts of certain lipid-soluble compounds can be taken up, including aspirin, other non-steroidal anti-infammatory drugs, and ethanol.
The stomach's main function is digestion. It does this by:   Storing the food we eat.  Breaking down the food into a liquidy mixture called  chyme.  Mixing enzymes and s â¦ tomach acids which is are chemicals that  break down food. Slowly empties a liquidy mixture into the small intestine.  -there are muscles at the entrance and exit of the stomach that  allow food to pass in.    -food is mashed up to a substance called chyme by a process called  peristalsis which basically means contracting the stomachs muscles  to turn the food into a acidic paste.