DIGESTION AND RESORPTION 



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FIG. 10. r Stomach and duodenum of horse. (Haglmann, Anatomic und 

 Physiologic der Haus-Saugetiere.) 



Sch., Esophagus. C, Cardiac portion. M, Fundus. F, Pyloric region. D, Duodenum. 



hog the cardiac portion is comparatively small and the remainder 

 of the organ is to be regarded as constituting the stomach 

 proper. 



117. Rumination. In the ruminant, water and liquid 

 feeds may pass quite 

 directly to the aboma- 

 sum, although as a 

 matter of fact, they 

 seem to reach all four 

 divisions of the stomach. 

 The more bulky feeds, 

 however, fail to pass 

 through the esophageal 

 canal but enter the 

 rumen and reticulum. 

 This is especially the 

 case because the rumi- 

 nant masticates its feed FlG > 



Stomach of hog. (Hagemann, Ana- 



tomie und 





1-4, Fundus. 2, Cardiac portion, s, Pylorus, 

 8, Duodenum. 



.very imperfectly at the 



time of eating. In the 



reticulum and especially 



in the capacious rumen, the partially masticated feed re- 



mains for some time in contact with the saliva and such. 



