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Avian Intestines - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
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**Runs ventral to the vertebrae
**Runs ventral to the vertebrae
**Terminates in the coprodeum
**Terminates in the coprodeum
+**Amino acids and glucose can be absorbed
*2 caeca from the ileocaecal junction run with the ileum caudally
*2 caeca from the ileocaecal junction run with the ileum caudally
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**3 parts of each caeca
**3 parts of each caeca
**Bacterial breakdown of cellulose occurs
**Bacterial breakdown of cellulose occurs
+**Antiperistaltic movements transport chyme
+**Caeca emptied a few times per day
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+*Unlike mammals, there are no lacteals in the epithelium
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==Lymphatics==
==Lymphatics==
−*Patches of lymphoid nodules are present
+*Patches of lymphoid nodules are present in Peyer's Patches
*Most abundant in the [[Duodenum - Anatomy & Physiology|duodenum]]
*Most abundant in the [[Duodenum - Anatomy & Physiology|duodenum]]
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+*No mesenteric lymph nodes