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Proventriculus - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
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==Structure and Function==
==Structure and Function==
[[Image:Proventriculus Anatomy.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Proventriculus Anatomy - RVC 2008]]
[[Image:Proventriculus Anatomy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Proventriculus Anatomy - RVC 2008]]
The proventriculus is a storage organ in fish and flesh eating birds. It is appropriate to a soft diet and secretes digestive enzymes. It contacts the left lobe of the [[Avian Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]] ventrally and laterally. It is related dorso-caudally to the [[Spleen - Anatomy & Physiology|spleen]]. It is more cranial than the [[Gizzard - Anatomy & Physiology|gizzard]] and lies to the left of the midline of the bird. It is spindle/fusiform shaped and is roughly 4cm long. The lumen diameter is similar to the [[Oesophagus - Anatomy & Physiology|oesophagus]]. There is no oesophageal sphincter.
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