OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
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Question
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The oesophageal groove forms a channel in young calves and lambs from the mouth to the ____
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reticulum
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omasum
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abomasum
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small intestine
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Milk entering into the rumen and reticulum is both wasteful and dangerous to the newborn calf; hence the importance of the esophageal groove in diverting milk from the esophagus into the abomasum [4].
Detailed explanation-2: -The esophageal groove (insert of figure 1) extends from the cardia (C), the distal terminal opening of the esophagus, to the reticulo-omasal orifice (R-O), the opening into the omasal canal.
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