Difference between revisions of "Gizzard - Anatomy & Physiology"

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*Contacts the sternum and lower left abdominal wall
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*Roughly on the midline of the bird
  
  

Revision as of 16:58, 3 July 2008

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Introduction

The gizzard is also referred to as the muscular stomach. It is connected by the isthmus to the proventriculus and to the duodenum.

Functional Anatomy

  • Contacts the liver
  • Contacts the sternum and lower left abdominal wall
  • Roughly on the midline of the bird


Histology

Species Diffences

  • No gizzard in falconiformes (raptors etc.)
  • No gizzard in stringiformes (owls etc.)