. The diseases and disorders of the ox, with some account of the diseases of the sheep. THE ANATOMY OF THE OX. 61 or oesophageal opening is prolonged over the small curvature of the second compartment by the medium of the oesophageal canal. The inferior opening is large and it communicates with the reticulum. Laterally and inferiorly it is circumscribed by the free border of a kind of valve which Is formed by the walls of the rumen together with cells of the second compartment. This second stomach, or reticulum, or honeycomb, is the. Fig. 7. A. The Stomach of a Sheep. B. The Stomach of a Musk
. The diseases and disorders of the ox, with some account of the diseases of the sheep. THE ANATOMY OF THE OX. 61 or oesophageal opening is prolonged over the small curvature of the second compartment by the medium of the oesophageal canal. The inferior opening is large and it communicates with the reticulum. Laterally and inferiorly it is circumscribed by the free border of a kind of valve which Is formed by the walls of the rumen together with cells of the second compartment. This second stomach, or reticulum, or honeycomb, is the. Fig. 7. A. The Stomach of a Sheep. B. The Stomach of a Musk Deer. CE. Gullet; Rn., Paunch: Ret., Honeycomb; Ps., Psalterium; A., Ab., Abomasum ; Dn., Small Intestine ; Py., Pylorus. (After Huxley.) smallest compartment of the four into which the complex stomach of the ox is divided. This stomach varies greatly. In the case of the reindeer and the giraflfe there is but very little reticulatioin The reindeer indeed needs little or no actual water, since the food it lives upon contains much congealed water. The giraffe, too, eats moist leaves. During lactation the second stomach is small. It is slightly bent upon itself, elongated from side to side, and placed. 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 Gresswell, George; Gresswell, Albert. London, Allen
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