Anatomy of a stomach | Dr Alice Roberts: Don’t Die Young

Duration: 4'05''

Synopsis

Alice dissects a pigs stomach to show how a human one works. She also tests her own stomach acid.

Further Information

More clips from Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Bowel cancer and 'transit time' | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Bowel cancer and 'transit time' | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

BBC Two | 2008 | 4'30''

Alice does a test with Les eating sweetcorn to see how long it takes for them to digest the food until ex...

Pro and pre-bacteria | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Pro and pre-bacteria | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

BBC Two | 2008 | 4'57''

Alices swallows a camera to see inside her small intestine. She also finds out about friendly bacteria.

S2E4: The Stomach and Intestines | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

S2E4: The Stomach and Intestines | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

BBC Two | 2008 | 29'21''

Dr Alice Roberts peers inside her own stomach by swallowing a tiny camera, then uses dissection and some...

Stomach and intestines | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Stomach and intestines | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

BBC Two | 2008 | 1'53''

Alice shares some facts about the stomach and intestines.

Bowel cancer and 'transit time' | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Bowel cancer and 'transit time' | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

BBC Two | 2008 | 4'30''

Alice does a test with Les eating sweetcorn to see how long it takes for them to digest the food until ex...

Pro and pre-bacteria | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Pro and pre-bacteria | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

BBC Two | 2008 | 4'57''

Alices swallows a camera to see inside her small intestine. She also finds out about friendly bacteria.

S2E4: The Stomach and Intestines | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

S2E4: The Stomach and Intestines | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

BBC Two | 2008 | 29'21''

Dr Alice Roberts peers inside her own stomach by swallowing a tiny camera, then uses dissection and some...

Stomach and intestines | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Stomach and intestines | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

BBC Two | 2008 | 1'53''

Alice shares some facts about the stomach and intestines.

More resources about Digestive system and enzymes

Bowel cancer and 'transit time' | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Bowel cancer and 'transit time' | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

BBC Two | 2008 | 4'30''

Alice does a test with Les eating sweetcorn to see how long it takes for them to digest the food until ex...

Digestion | Curriculum Bites

Digestion | Curriculum Bites

CBBC | 2003 | 6'15''

Schools science programme where topics in the double science curriculum are broken down into small chunks.

Digestive powers | Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

Digestive powers | Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

BBC Four | 2012 | 4'53''

The digestive powers of the gastric juices within the human stomach are tested.

Enzyme power and food as fuel | Bitesize Science

Enzyme power and food as fuel | Bitesize Science

BBC Two | 2014 | 4'50''

Enzymes are biological catalysts which help us to get the energy we need from food to survive.

Enzymes and Digestion | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Enzymes and Digestion | GCSE Bitesize Revision

BBC Two | 2010 | 8'04''

Animated shorts to support students preparing for assessments in GCSE Additional Science.

Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

BBC Four | 2012 | 59'02''

Michael Mosley lays bare the mysteries of the digestive system and reveals a complexity and intelligence in the hu...

How enzymes work | GCSE Bitesize Revision

How enzymes work | GCSE Bitesize Revision

BBC Two | 2010 | 4'16''

Spec references J247: B1.2g J250: B1.2d. How enzymes break down substrates into products, lock and key model, denaturing of protein...

How food and oxygen combine to provide energy to work the body | Inside the Human Body

How food and oxygen combine to provide energy to work the body | Inside the Human Body

BBC One | 2011 | 2'03''

Using state-of-the-art graphics, Michael Mosley explains what happens to food inside o...

Journey through guts | Dara O'Briain's Science Club

Journey through guts | Dara O'Briain's Science Club

BBC Two | 2013 | 5'33''

A camera travels through the digestive system.

Pro and pre-bacteria | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Pro and pre-bacteria | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

BBC Two | 2008 | 4'57''

Alices swallows a camera to see inside her small intestine. She also finds out about friendly bacteria.

S2E4: The Stomach and Intestines | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

S2E4: The Stomach and Intestines | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

BBC Two | 2008 | 29'21''

Dr Alice Roberts peers inside her own stomach by swallowing a tiny camera, then uses dissection and some...

Stomach and intestines | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Stomach and intestines | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

BBC Two | 2008 | 1'53''

Alice shares some facts about the stomach and intestines.

The brain in our gut | Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

The brain in our gut | Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

BBC Four | 2012 | 2'08''

Our intestines are remarkable similar to that of a pigs.

The large intestine | Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

The large intestine | Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

BBC Four | 2012 | 2'10''

A camera travels through the last part of the digestive system and explores the role of the ...

The small intestine | Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

The small intestine | Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

BBC Four | 2012 | 2'50''

A camera travels through the digestive system and shows the frenzy of digestion within the s...

What does your stomach look like from the inside? | Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

What does your stomach look like from the inside? | Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

BBC Four | 2012 | 3'02''

Michael Mosley finds out what happens inside our stomachs by s...

More from Alice Roberts

Northamptonshire | Digging for Britain

Northamptonshire | Digging for Britain

BBC Two | 2025 | 13'18''

Looking at the skeletons from 2023's Leicester Cathedral excavation, the burials become source material for a groundbreaking scientifi...

The perfect human? | Can science make me perfect? With Alice Roberts

The perfect human? | Can science make me perfect? With Alice Roberts

BBC Four | 2020 | 5'29''

What evolution has provided us with is a human body that works as a whole package: you can't replace ind...

Episode 1 | Britain's Biggest Dig

Episode 1 | Britain's Biggest Dig

BBC Two | 2020 | 59'16''

In advance of the construction of HS2, the biggest ever cemetery excavation in Britain reveals the forgotten stories of rich and poor in Ge...

Episode 2 | The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice with Alice Roberts and Neil Oliver

Episode 2 | The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice with Alice Roberts and Neil Oliver

BBC Two | 2015 | 58'56''

Series exploring the Celts looks at the golden age of the La Tene Celtic warrior. But by ...

Meat and protein | Britain's Favourite Foods - Are They Good for You?

Meat and protein | Britain's Favourite Foods - Are They Good for You?

BBC Two | 2015 | 5'07''

A woman's brain pattern is examined with regards to hunger and cravings before and after consuming a pr...

Percy Shelleys corrections | The Secret Life of Books

Percy Shelleys corrections | The Secret Life of Books

BBC Four | 2014 | 4'31''

Alice Roberts looks at an original manuscript of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' which exhibits Percy Shelley's edits.

What Makes a Human? | Horizon

What Makes a Human? | Horizon

BBC Two | 2013 | 59'02''

Professor Alice Roberts investigates what exactly makes human beings different from the animal kingdom. What is it that truly makes us human?

Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice

Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice

BBC Two | 2012 | 59'07''

Professor Alice Roberts on the natural history of the woolly mammoth, revealing adaptations that helped the species evolve from their or...

S2E5: The Ear, Nose and Throat | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

S2E5: The Ear, Nose and Throat | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

BBC Two | 2008 | 28'57''

Dr Alice Roberts gets an insight into what it is like to be deaf with specially designed headphones, and e...