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Where is that "spoon" and why does it suck under it: not all Russian people know about this
02.07.2024 20:28
The Russian language is full of expressions that many people use in communication, but only a specialist can explain their meaning, and especially their origin.
One can only imagine what is going on in the minds of foreigners trying to somehow comprehend what they have heard.
Sport24 tells us where the expression “sucks in the pit of the stomach” comes from, what a “spoon” is and how to understand this expression.
"Spoon" is "where" or "what"
Let's turn our attention to the place just above the stomach and below the chest.
In the old days, the “spoon” was the name given to the depression located exactly where the chest (ribs) ends and the stomach begins.
Scientifically, this is the depression above the xiphoid process of the sternum, or simply the epigastrium.
There is no surviving evidence as to who called it a spoon and why.
Why does it suck under the epigastrium?
Again, one must turn to science for comment.
This part of the body contains the pancreas, part of the stomach and a plexus of nerves.
The discomfort that occurs in this area during stress, emotional upheaval, even when losing support (for example, when a swing or elevator suddenly moves downwards) is explained approximately as follows.
The nervous system increases the activity of the stomach, located in the epigastrium (under the "spoon"). At the same time, the concentration of hydrochloric acid increases, causing not the most pleasant sensations.
As a result, the very same effect occurs that in the old days was explained by the fact that a person has a “sucking feeling in the pit of his stomach.”
Previously, we talked about why driving makes you drowsy .
