. A text-book of agricultural zoology. Zoology, Agricultural; Zoology, Economic. 450 MAMMALIA. divided into a number of polygonal spaces on its walls; it is small in capacity, and acts especially as a reservoir for liquids. The omasum receives the "cud.'' This division has its walls thrown up into a number of deep folds longitudinally disposed, and placed so close together that they resemble the leaves of a book : we can recognise three series of them of diiFerent sizes. The food, after being crushed between the leaves, is passed through this into the fourth division, the abomasum or true
. A text-book of agricultural zoology. Zoology, Agricultural; Zoology, Economic. 450 MAMMALIA. divided into a number of polygonal spaces on its walls; it is small in capacity, and acts especially as a reservoir for liquids. The omasum receives the "cud.'' This division has its walls thrown up into a number of deep folds longitudinally disposed, and placed so close together that they resemble the leaves of a book : we can recognise three series of them of diiFerent sizes. The food, after being crushed between the leaves, is passed through this into the fourth division, the abomasum or true digestive stomach. Here the food is subjected to the action. Fir,. :^14.—Wtomach of Ruminant. R^ Rumen; (/, uisiipliagus ; , tesopluigeal grouA-e; lie, reticiiluiu; 0, omaslmi; Ab, aboiiiaauiu ; D, duodenum ; C, coustiiction. of the gastric juice, and undergoes the chief digestion. It is called the rennet stomach because of a substance formed by the secretion of the peptic cells going by that name, the rennet used in cheeseniaking and in "junkets" being obtained from the salted stomaclis of calves. One must look upon the first three chambers of the ruminant stomach as being dilatations of the oesophagus only. As much as sixty gallons of liquid can be stored in the stomach of an ox ! The intestinal canal is very long. The small intestine in the ox is twice the length of that of the horse, but is smaller in diameter (= 49 yards). The. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Theobald, Frederick Vincent, 1868-1930. Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood and Sons
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