Some Graphs and Tables Illustrating the Growth of the Human Stomach

Abstract

, die Grossen und Gewichtsbestimmung der Foetalorgane, Dissert. München, 1886; Clendinning, J. : Facts and Inferences Relative to the Condition of the Vital Organs and Viscera in General as to Their Nutrition in Certain Chronic Diseases, Medico-Chir. Tr.

Basic anatomical and physiological data for use in radiological protection: reference values

“…(224) Data on the mass of the stomach as determined in the study by Tipton and Cook (1969) are summarised in Table 6.3 for adult males and Table 6.4 for adult females. The central estimates of stomach mass are reasonably consistent with estimates of Scammon (1919) based on collected data for adult subjects (n=839). ( 225) Scammon (1919) also collected reported measurements of stomach mass for subjects (n=543) in the first two decades of life.…”

“…The central estimates of stomach mass are reasonably consistent with estimates of Scammon (1919) based on collected data for adult subjects (n=839). ( 225) Scammon (1919) also collected reported measurements of stomach mass for subjects (n=543) in the first two decades of life. The data for all age groups are summarised in Table 6.5.…”

“…The data for all age groups are summarised in Table 6.5. These data indicate that the growth rate of the stomach in postnatal life is equal to or slightly greater than that of the body as a whole (Scammon, 1919). Tipton and Cook (1969).…”

Gastric emptying in healthy children using the Spirulina breath test: The impact of gender, body size, and pubertal development

“…However, this study included children as young as 4 years who all ingested an adult‐sized test meal. As gastric volume increases linearly from infancy to adulthood, 47 the results are likely biased by the large meal size relative to the much smaller gastric size in younger children rather than a true reflection of slower GE. Several other retrospective and/or smaller pediatric studies found no correlation between age or gender and GE rates 5,39,48 .…”

Gastric emptying scintigraphy results in children are affected by age, anthropometric factors, and study duration

“…20 Some children in the youngest age group have a gastric size less than one third the size of an adult. 17 Therefore, we hypothesize that the increased gastric retention in the young children may be related more to the ratio of meal size to gastric size than abnormal gastric emptying per se. The fact that 13% of younger children could not tolerate the GES meal and that increasing BSA was negatively associated with delayed gastric emptying in those who could complete the meal supports this speculation.…”