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proventriculus [2 records]

Record 1 2017-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Birds
DEF

... a fusiform organ [which] varies in size with the species. It is lined with mucous membrane which contains the gastric glands.

CONT

The glandular stomach may only have the function of production of gastric juices and serving as a passageway to the gizzard, or it may have additional functions as a storage organ and as an organ of gastric digestion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Oiseaux
CONT

L'estomac glandulaire (ventricule succenturié) est un renflement fusiforme dont la muqueuse est très riche en glandes.

CONT

L'œsophage aboutit à un estomac glandulaire ou ventricule succenturié relativement peu différencié, qui précède lui-même un plus robuste et volumineux estomac musculeux ou gésier.

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Record 2 1999-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
DEF

The true or glandular stomach of poultry, lying between the ingluvies (crop) and the ventriculus (gizzard).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
CONT

Le passage du bol alimentaire de la bouche au proventricule (ou ventricule succenturié) est relativement lent. (...) Lors de leur passage dans le ventricule succenturié, les aliments sont mélangés au suc gastrique, qui comprend, en particulier, de l'acide chlorhydrique et de la pepsine.

Spanish

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