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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
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| + | 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== | ||
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| + | *A storage organ in fish and flesh eating birds | ||
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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 liver ventrally | ||
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| + | *More cranial than the [[The Gizzard - Anamtomy & Physiology|gizzard]] | ||
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| + | *Lies on the midline of the bird | ||
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| + | *Spindle/fusiform shaped | ||
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| + | *Roughly 4cm long | ||
==Histology== | ==Histology== | ||
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| + | *Mucous cells | ||
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| + | *Columnar epithelium | ||
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| + | *Papillae- through which collecting ducts from glands run | ||
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| + | *Lamina propria run into the papillae | ||
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| + | *Hydrochloric acid and pepsin produced | ||
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| + | *Glands in the submucosa | ||
Revision as of 16:54, 3 July 2008
Introduction
The proventriculus is also referred to as the muscular stomach. It is connected by the isthmus to the gizzard.
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 gizzard
- Lies on the midline of the bird
- Spindle/fusiform shaped
- Roughly 4cm long
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