HISTOLOGY
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Question
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Reticulum
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Rumen
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Omasum
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Abomasum
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Detailed explanation-1: -The rumen, also known as the “paunch, ‘’ is the first area of the cow’s stomach, connected to the cattle’s esophagus. This compartment acts as storage for chewed vegetation and forms balls of cud.
Detailed explanation-2: -When the cow swallows the bolus for the second time, it is finer and settles at the bottom of the rumen. The rumen contracts, forcing some of this well-chewed food into the second stomach, or reticulum. From there it passes to the omasum (third stomach), where water is extracted.
Detailed explanation-3: -The reticulum is the second chamber in the four-chamber alimentary canal of a ruminant animal. Anatomically it is the smaller portion of the reticulorumen along with the rumen. Together these two compartments make up 84% of the volume of the total stomach.