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==Structure and Function== | ==Structure and Function== | ||
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| + | *Appropriate to a soft diet | ||
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| + | *Secretes digestive enzymes | ||
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| + | *Contacts the left lobe of the [[Avian Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]] ventrally and laterally | ||
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| + | *Related dorso-caudally to the [[Spleen - Anatomy & Physiology|spleen]] | ||
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| + | *More cranial than the [[Gizzard - Anatomy & Physiology|gizzard]] | ||
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| + | *Lies to the left of the midline of the bird | ||
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| + | *Spindle/fusiform shaped | ||
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| + | *Roughly 4cm long | ||
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| + | *Lumen diameter similar to the [[Oesophagus - Anatomy & Physiology|oesophagus]] | ||
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| + | *No oesophageal sphincter | ||
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| + | ==[[Proventriculus - Histology|Histology]]== | ||
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[[Category:Avian Alimentary System - Anatomy & Physiology]] | [[Category:Avian Alimentary System - Anatomy & Physiology]] | ||
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Revision as of 16:43, 7 September 2010
Introduction
The proventriculus is also referred to as the glandular stomach. It is connected by the isthmus to the gizzard.
Structure and Function
- 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 and laterally
- Related dorso-caudally to the spleen
- More cranial than the gizzard
- Lies to the left of the midline of the bird
- Spindle/fusiform shaped
- Roughly 4cm long
- Lumen diameter similar to the oesophagus
- No oesophageal sphincter