. Human physiology : designed for colleges and the higher classes in schools and for general reading . in managing the food as it passes through them. In , you have a representation of the stomachs of the sheep, asthey appear exteriorly. The course which the food pursues isthis. As the animal crops the food, it passes into the first sto-mach, which is little else than a great reservoir to hold it andto soak it. Then it passes into the second stomach, from whichit is returned into the mouth. On being swallowed again, itpasses from the oesophagus into the third, and thence into thefourth s
. Human physiology : designed for colleges and the higher classes in schools and for general reading . in managing the food as it passes through them. In , you have a representation of the stomachs of the sheep, asthey appear exteriorly. The course which the food pursues isthis. As the animal crops the food, it passes into the first sto-mach, which is little else than a great reservoir to hold it andto soak it. Then it passes into the second stomach, from whichit is returned into the mouth. On being swallowed again, itpasses from the oesophagus into the third, and thence into thefourth stomach. In Fig. 20, you see the interior of these fourstomachs; and by the aid of this I will describe the process ofdigestion in the sheep more particularly. You see the verylarge first stomach, or paunch, in which the food is accumu-lated. It is notyet masticated thoroughly, for the animal hasswallowed it as fast as he could, and packed it away in thisreservoir. From this it is passed, in small quantities at a time, DIGESTION. 61 Digestion in the sheep. (ESOPHAGUS. ORIFICE OFSTOMACH. 3D STOMACHS OF THE SHEEP. FIG. 20.
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