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the intestine ends in a dilatation, the cloaca, into which 

 the genito-urinary passages also open. It is because of 

 the mixing here of the undigested residues of the food 

 with the secretions from the kidneys and with some other 



I ToNQue 



if Esophagus ,riHsr rosnoH 



3 Crop 



4 ES0FNA<(US , 5ECOM0 fORTlON 



5 SutCINTlie VEHTfllCLE 



6 Gjzzard 



7 Qrigin of duodenum 

 d sccono brinch of duodenal flexture 

 9 OftigH or rL^TtH^ TOBTieri op SM^LL iNrtaTifie 



10.10 Smhl INIESTIHE 



a . 11 C«CA 



la INSERTION OF C.EM 



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14 Cloaca 



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Fig. 17. Digestive apparatus of the common fowl. 



