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What is the primary characteristic of the main chamber in the ruminant stomach known as the rumen?

  • It is lined with glandular mucosa.
  • It has irregular folds for nutrient absorption.
  • It is located on the right side of the abdominal cavity.
  • It holds about 80% of the stomach's total capacity. (correct)

    • Which of the following chambers of the ruminant stomach contains glandular mucosa?

  • Abomasum (correct)
  • Reticulum
  • Omasum
  • Rumen

    • Which description correctly matches the relative positions of the ruminant stomach chambers?

  • The reticulum is located ventrally to the omasum.
  • The omasum is cranially located compared to the reticulum.
  • The rumen occupies the left side and the reticulum is cranially positioned. (correct)
  • The reticulum lies to the right of the rumen.

    • What is the approximate capacity of the ruminant stomach in small ruminants?

    <p>16-30 liters</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The margo plicatus in the ruminant stomach serves to separate which two areas?

    <p>Glandular and nonglandular parts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which chamber is responsible for holding approximately 5% of the total capacity of the ruminant stomach?

    <p>Reticulum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of the irregular folds found in the mucosa of the pyloric gland region?

    <p>To enhance nutrient absorption.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where does the rumen extend in relation to the abdominal cavity?

    <p>From the diaphragm to the pelvic inlet.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which surface of the rumen is directly related to the diaphragm and the left abdominal wall?

    <p>Parietal surface</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What feature separates the ruminal atrium from the reticulum?

    <p>Ruminoreticular groove</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following grooves do NOT reach the dorsal curvature of the rumen?

    <p>Dorsal coronary grooves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What anatomical feature divides the rumen into external parts?

    <p>Ruminal grooves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the rumen is associated with the cranial and caudal blind sacs?

    <p>Dorsal ruminal sac</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which muscular structure projects into the cavity of the rumen between the atrium and the recess?

    <p>Cranial pillar</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which part of the rumen are ruminal papillae most developed?

    <p>Ventral sac</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which groove extends dorsally from the left longitudinal groove?

    <p>Left accessory groove</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of the papillae in the mucosa of the reticulum?

    <p>They increase the surface area for absorption.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which anatomical structure is directly related to the right side of the reticulum?

    <p>Liver</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What shape is the omasum compared to the reticulum in an ox?

    <p>Spherical and larger.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes the interior structure of the omasum?

    <p>It features parallel folds called omasal laminae.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which structure is involved in traumatic reticulitis?

    <p>Reticulum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What separates the reticulum ventrally from the rumen?

    <p>Ruminoreticular groove</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the omasum communicate with the abomasum?

    <p>Through the omasoabomasal opening.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the common description of the abomasum?

    <p>It is an elongated sac that acts as the true stomach.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What structure divides the liver into supraportal and infraportal parts?

    <p>Porta</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of the gall bladder?

    <p>Stores bile temporarily</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which ligament connects the liver to the diaphragm?

    <p>Coronary ligament</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the liver does the falciform ligament connect?

    <p>Umbilical fissure and diaphragm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three main sections of the colon?

    <p>Ascending, transverse, and descending</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which characteristic best describes the ascending colon of pigs?

    <p>It forms a spiral loop.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What component makes up the excretory apparatus of the liver?

    <p>Hepatic ducts and common hepatic duct</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what species is the gall bladder typically absent?

    <p>Equines</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which location does the transverse colon mainly cross the median plane?

    <p>In front of the cranial mesenteric artery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which lobe of the liver is considered the caudate lobe?

    <p>Intermediate lobe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following statements is true regarding the centripetal coils?

    <p>They consist of two bands absent on centrifugal coils.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the position of the ascending colon in dogs?

    <p>Lies mainly on the right side</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of blood supply provides functional support to the liver?

    <p>Portal vein</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which ligament is associated with the ileocecal orifice?

    <p>Ileocecal ligament</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the descending colon primarily do after the transverse colon in dogs?

    <p>Descends on the left side</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement accurately captures the unique anatomical feature of the pig's ascending colon?

    <p>It features a cone or turban-like structure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary anatomical division of the abomasum?

    <p>Fundus, body, and pyloric parts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of the gastric groove in ruminants?

    <p>To facilitate the movement of swallowed milk into the abomasum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the abomasum contains permanent spiral folds?

    <p>Fundic region</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes the pyloric sphincter of the abomasum?

    <p>It has a large torus pyloricus inside the lesser curvature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the small intestine is fixed in position?

    <p>Duodenum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What anatomical feature forms the reticular groove?

    <p>Two muscular spiral ridges</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which is the last section of the intestine before the anus?

    <p>Rectum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of gastrointestinal anatomy, how does the length of intestines vary among canines, equines, pigs, and ruminants?

    <p>Canines have the shortest intestines</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Stomach (Gaster)

    • The stomach is a musculoglandular sac of the digestive tube.
    • Classification according to compartments:
      • Monogastric: one compartment (dog, pig, horse)
      • Multilocular: more than one compartment (ruminants, 4 chambers)
    • Classification according to mucous membrane type:
      • Simple: lined entirely with glandular mucous membrane (dog)
      • Compound (composite): partly glandular, partly non-glandular (pig, horse, ruminants). The non-glandular parts are esophageal or proventricular.

    Anatomical Features

    • The stomach has two orifices, two borders, and two surfaces.
    • Openings:
      • Cardiac orifice (cardia): where the esophagus enters the stomach. Located to the left of the median plane.
      • Pyloric orifice (pylorus): where the stomach connects to the duodenum. Located to the right of the median plane, in contact with the liver's visceral surface.
    • Borders:
      • Dorsal border (lesser curvature): concave, extends between the cardia and pylorus. In some species, it has an angular notch.
      • Ventral border (greater curvature): larger, extends from the cardia, through the fundus and then crosses the median plane to the pylorus.
    • Surfaces:
      • Parietal (diaphragmatic) surface: directed craniodorsally and to the left, related to the diaphragm and left lobe of the liver.
      • Visceral (intestinal) surface: directed caudoventrally and to the right, related to the intestines, pancreas, and greater omentum.

    Stomach Parts

    • Body: the part of the stomach to the left of the angular notch.
    • Fundus: the part of the body bulging above the level of the cardia. Separated from the cardia by the cardiac notch.
    • Pyloric region: right to the body, divided into pyloric antrum and pyloric canal, ending at the pyloric sphincter.

    Stomach Fixation

    • Non-peritoneal fixation:
      • Attachment to the esophagus and duodenum.
      • Pressures of adjacent organs.
    • Peritoneal fixation:
      • Through omenta and ligaments:
        • Greater omentum: attaches the greater curvature of the stomach to intestinal segments.
        • Gastrosplenic ligament: attaches the stomach to the spleen.
        • Gastrophrenic ligament: attaches the stomach to the diaphragm.
        • Lesser omentum: attaches the lesser curvature of the stomach and the cranial part of the duodenum to the liver.

    Stomach Structure

    • The stomach wall consists of mucous, muscular, and serous coats.
    • Mucous coat:
      • Varies according to stomach type.
      • Glandular stomach: simple columnar epithelium with goblet cells.
      • Non-glandular stomach: stratified squamous cornified epithelium.
      • Glandular mucosa: divided into cardiac, fundic, and pyloric regions, glands opening into gastric pits.

    Ruminant Stomach

    • Consists of four chambers: rumen, reticulum, omasum (forestomachs), and abomasum (true stomach).
    • Rumen, reticulum, and omasum have non-glandular mucosa.
    • Abomasum has glandular mucosa.
    • Relative position: rumen on left, reticulum cranially, omasum on right, abomasum ventrally.
    • Capacity: in ox, 110-235 liters (rumen 80%, reticulum 5%, omasum 7%, abomasum 8%). In small ruminants, 16-30 liters.

    Rumen

    • Position: occupies left half of the abdominal cavity, extending from the diaphragm to the pelvic inlet.
    • Surfaces: parietal (left), visceral (right).
    • Has several ruminal grooves.
    • Has dorsal and ventral curvatures.

    Reticulum

    • Position: most cranial chamber, spherical, intrathoracic part of the abdominal cavity. Located between the diaphragm and rumen.
    • Surfaced: diaphragmatic, visceral.

    Omasum

    • Position: ventral in the intrathoracic part of the abdominal cavity, to the right of the median plane, between the rumen and right abdominal wall.
    • Shape: spherical, larger than reticulum, in ox.
    • Surfaces: visceral (left), and has two curvatures

    Abomasum

    • Position: most distal compartment, in the form of an elongated sac, lies chiefly on the abdominal floor, with the fundus on the left and the pyloric part on the right, and the body crosses the median plane from left to right. Closely relates to the ruminal recess.
    • Shape: like a simple stomach, composed of fundus, body, and pyloric parts.
    • Has two curvatures (greater and lesser) and two surfaces (parietal and visceral).

    Liver

    • The liver is the largest gland in the body.

    • Functions: secretion of bile for fat digestion, metabolic process (fat, carbohydrates, protein), storage of fat, glycogen, and vitamins, blood formation (RBCs in fetal life), blood protein secretion, and secretion of heparin, detoxification.

    • Position: generally in intrathoracic part of the abdominal cavity, mostly to the right of the median plane.

    • Color: reddish-brown.

    • Size and weight: depend on species, age, and condition of the animal. Greater in well-fed animals. Decreases with age.

    • Anatomical description: 2 surfaces, 2 borders, 2 extremist, parietal surface is convex and related to diaphragm, visceral surface in most species has a hilus separating cranial gastric surface and large caudal intestinal surface.

    • Hepatic porta: a depression in visceral surface, where portal vein, hepatic artery, and hepatic nerve plexus enter.

    • Lobation: divided by two imaginary lines into three lobes; right, intermediate, and left.

    • Fixations:

      • Non-peritoneal fixation: pressure of surrounding viscera, continuation of hepatic veins into caudal vena cava, structures entering and leaving hepatic porta.
      • Peritoneal fixation: hepatogastric and hepatoduodenal ligaments (lesser omentum, connecting liver/porta to stomach/duodenum), coronary ligament (liver/diaphragm), right and left triangular ligaments (liver/diaphragm/sublumbar region), falciform ligament (umbilical fissure/sternal part of diaphragm), round ligament (umbilical vein), hepatorenal ligament (right lobe/caudate process/right kidney).

    Pancreas

    • Soft lobulated organ in intrathoracic part of cavity, mainly right of a median plane, associated with duodenum.
    • Color: light with pink tinge.
    • Formation: consists of body, right lobe, and left lobe. Body is the middle part against cranial part of duodenum. Right and left lobes are two branches digesting from the body to corresponding sides. Right lobe continues alongside the descending duodenum (except in horses).

    Excretory and Duct system

    • Excretory apparatus: consists of hepatic ducts uniting to common hepatic duct, Gall bladder has cystic duct connecting to common hepatic duct forming bile duct. Some species' bile duct opens with major pancreatic duct to duodenum.
    • Vessels and Nerves: Nutritional arterial supply from hepatic artery and functional blood supply from portal vein; The hepatic veins join caudal vena cava. The lymph is drained by hepatic lymph nodes; hepatic plexus.
    • Gallbladder: temporary storage and discharge of bile into duodenum.
    • Position: lies in fossa on the visceral surface of the liver between quadrate and right medial lobes.
    • Shape: pear-shaped or conical sac.
    • Formation: consists of fundus, body, and neck (connects to cystic duct).
    • Comparative: projects from ventral border of liver in ruminants (absent in equines and camel).

    Spleen

    • Position: intrathoracic part of the left abdominal cavity; position varies depending on stomach fullness (especially in dogs).
    • Anatomical description: Two surfaces (parietal, visceral); two borders; two extremities; parietal surface is convex and relates to diaphragm; visceral surface in most species has a hilus.

    Intestine

    • Extends from the stomach to the anus.
    • Comprises small and large intestines.
    • Small intestine: duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. Duodenum is the fixed part, jejunum and ileum are mesenteric.
    • Large intestine: cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal.
    • Canines have shortest intestine, followed by equines/pigs, ruminants.

    Duodenum

    • Extends from the pylorus to the duodenojejunal flexure.
    • Consists of three parts (cranial, descending, and ascending duodenum).
    • Has three flexures (cranial, caudal and duodenojejunal).
    • Cranial part passes to the right on the liver, forming a cranial flexure continued as a descending duodenum..

    Cecum

    • Varies in size, shape, and position across species; lacks vermiform appendix in most domestic .
    • Size depends on species (shortest in cats).
    • Position: right side of abdominal cavity (except pigs)
    • Communication: ileum joins cecum at ileocecal orifice (cecocolic in horses)
    • Muscular bands: present only in pigs and horses

    Colon

    • Divided into ascending, transverse, and descending colon.
    • Ascending colon (dog): simplest arrangement (as in humans), running cranially on the right, crossing the median plane to connect with the transverse colon, and proceeding caudally on the left as the descending colon.
    • Ascending colon of pig: forms 3 spiral (cone) loops.
    • Ascending colon of ruminants: three loops (proximal (S-shape), spiral, distal).
    • Transverse colon: begins on the right side of the ascending colon and proceeds to the left side at the cranial mesenteric artery.
    • Descending colon: lies in the left dorsal quadrant of body cavity; positioned caudally under the dorsal abdominal wall, attached to the mesocolon. It attaches to the ascending duodenum with the duodenocolic ligament and enters the pelvic cavity, turning to become the rectum. In ruminants, it presents as a sigmoid colon. In horses, it is long, with two bands, and coils easily distinguishable from jejunal coils.
    • Rectum: continuation of descending colon as it enters the pelvis, has peritoneal and retroperitoneal parts, has no bands or sacculations. In horses, forms an expanded ampulla.

    Anal Canal

    • Short terminal portion of digestive tract.
    • The anus is the terminal orifice, surrounded by external striated sphincter M. arising from caudal vertebrae, and internal sphincter as thickened continuation of circular smooth muscle of rectum.

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