Question

what is the structure of stomach in ruminants

Answer 1

It has vast structure.....

Answer 2

hey friend,

The stomach of ruminants comprises of four parts :-
1.Rumen
2.Reticulum
3.Omasum
4.Abomasum

Ruminants quickly swallow the plant matter or grass.The saliva mixed half chewed food is transferred to rumen.Rumen is the largest chamber in the stomach.Here, the food gets partially digested by the bacteria present in the rumen and saliva.The partially digested food in the rumen is called cud.
The cud is then transferred to reticulum where the cud remains for sometime.When the ruminant relax then the food from the reticulum comes back to the mouth in small lumps for thorough chewing.
Completely chewed food is then directly transferred into the omasum where water from the food is absorbed.It then moves into the abomasum.
Abomasum is the true stomach of ruminants.From here, the food moves to the small intestine where digestion and absorption of food takes place.
The undigested food is then passes to the large intestine.The large intestine absorbs water from the food , and the remaining solid waste is egested from the body through anus.

Ruminants have a special sac called ceacum which is used to digest cellulose.It is present at the junction of small and large intestine.

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