Why Do Stomachs Growl?
Stomachs growl because of the physiological processes involved in digesting food and pushing it through the intestinal tract. The stomach is an incredibly muscular organ which frequently contracts itself to help circulate digestive juices. When your stomach is empty, these juices slosh around with the gases generated during the process of digestion, generating a distinctive growling noise; the noise is also caused by the walls of the stomach coming into contact with each other. The issue of growling stomachs was of such interest to the Greeks that they developed a word to describe it: borborygmi, which means “growlings.” You may occasionally hear doctors talking about borborygmi as a more polite term for growling stomachs. As a general rule, borborygmi is not a cause for concern, because it is simply part of the natural digestive process. Stomachs growl because the stomach never fully ceases its digestive work; in fact, digestive juices continue to work even after death. Intestines als
