FIRST STOMACH IN THE OX. 



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is, however, the only one of the four which opens into the 

 duodenum or highest part of the small intestines. 



The gullet, as before said, coursing through the neck, more 

 distinctly above the windpipe than in the horse, crossing 

 the two first ribs, then traversing the upper part of the chest, 

 and passing through the midriff, enters the paunch or first 

 stomach at its anterior and superior part. 



The paunch is by far the largest of the four stomachs. It 

 has somewhat of a cubical form with the angles rounded off. 



Fig. 10. 



PAUNCH AND HONEYCOMB IN THE Ox, LAID OPEN BY REMOVING THE LEFT 

 WALL WHILE in situ. 



a, Gullet; b, honeycomb ; c, anterior pouch of paunch ; d, middle pouch; e, posterior- 

 superior pouch; /, posterior - inferior pouch; g and h, pillars of the cesophageal 

 canal ; i, entrance to the manyplies. 



It .inclines to the left side, and occupies a large portion of 

 the abdominal cavity, extending from the diaphragm in front 

 to the pelvis behind. It consists, like the other parts of the 



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