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ABOMASUM [1 record]

Record 1 2009-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Veterinary Medicine
DEF

The 4th stomach of ruminating animals ... It is an elongated, pear-shaped sac lying on the floor of the abdomen, on the right-hand side and roughly between the 7th and 12th ribs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Médecine vétérinaire
DEF

Quatrième compartiment de l'estomac des ruminants, ayant seul une activité gastrique.

Key term(s)
  • abomasus

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
  • Medicina veterinaria
DEF

Última de las cuatro cavidades del estómago de los rumiantes. Se encuentra en la parte inferior derecha del rumen y presenta forma piriforme y alargada. Es el único compartimiento glandular; segrega jugo gástrico y en él tiene lugar la quimificación, con una función esencialmente idéntica a la del estómago simple.

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