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Proventriculus - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
The proventriculus is also referred to as the muscular stomach. It is connected by the isthmus to the [[The Gizzard - Anamtomy & Physiology|gizzard]].
==Functional Anatomy==
==Functional Anatomy==
*A storage organ in fish and flesh eating birds
*Appropriate to a soft diet
*Secretes digestive enzymes
*Contacts the left lobe of the liver ventrally
*More cranial than the [[The Gizzard - Anamtomy & Physiology|gizzard]]
*Lies on the midline of the bird
*Spindle/fusiform shaped
*Roughly 4cm long
==Histology==
==Histology==
*Mucous cells
*Columnar epithelium
*Papillae- through which collecting ducts from glands run
*Lamina propria run into the papillae
*Hydrochloric acid and pepsin produced
*Glands in the submucosa