SECOND STOMACH IN THE OX. 



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externally, at its extremity, into two saccular appendages ; and 

 on the inside it is slightly separated into four divisions. It 



Fig. 11. 



MANYPLIES AND RED IN THE Ox, CUT OPEN. 



a, Omasum or manyplies, cut open to show its folds, &c. ; b, the opening com- 

 municating with the reticulum or honeycomb ; c, abomasum or reel, the true 

 digestive stomach; d, the mucous membrane of abomasum, which is also 

 plicated. 



lies to the left side of the extremity of the gullet. The second 

 stomach also is small in the calf, and has no concern with the 

 digestion of milk. When fully developed it seems at first sight 

 to be but an appendage of the paunch or large stomach. It 

 lies to the right of the gullet, and of the fore part of the 



