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| The oesophagus is devided into cevical, thoracic and abdominal sections. | | The oesophagus is devided into cevical, thoracic and abdominal sections. |
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| ==Functional Anatomy== | | ==Functional Anatomy== |
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| + | *Different proportions of striated muscle across the species |
| + | -Dog and ruminant = 100% |
| + | -Cat = 80% (rostral) |
| + | -Horse = 65% (rostral) |
| + | -Pig = 33% (rostral) |
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| ==Histology== | | ==Histology== |
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| + | *Stratified squamous epithelium |
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| + | *Mucosal folds for distension |
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| + | *Degree of keratinisation depend on diet |
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| + | *Lamina propria contains collagen and elastic fibres sparsely distributed |
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| + | *Lamina muscularis is smooth muscle |
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| + | *No glands in mucosa |
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| + | *Mucous glands present in submucosa |
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| + | *Inner circular layer of tunica muscularis thickens near gastric junction forming a sphincter |
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| ==Species Differences== | | ==Species Differences== |
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| + | *Canid has no keratinisation |
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| + | *Pig and horse have some keratinisation |
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| + | *Ruminant has a lot of keratinisation |
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| + | *Lamina muscularis absent cranially in pigs and dogs |
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| + | *Lamina muscularis present caudally in pigs (very thick) and dogs (spirally arranged) |
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| + | *Mucous glands abundant cranially but absent caudally in pig |
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| + | *Mucous glands throughout in dog but more abundant caudally |
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| + | *Mucous glands present in horse, cats and ruminants only at pharyngeal-oesophageal junction |
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| + | *Thick and strong sphincter of tunica muscularis in dogs and pigs |
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| + | *Ruminants, horse and pig have stratified squamous epithelium continuing from oesophagus into stomach. carnivores have an abrupt transition to columnar epithelium. |
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| ==Links== | | ==Links== |