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Definition of Abomasum

Abomasum
Abomasum Ab`o*ma"sum, Abomasus Ab`o*ma"sus, n. [NL., fr. L. ab + omasum (a Celtic word).] (Anat.) The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia.

Meaning of Abomasum from wikipedia

- The abomasum, also known as the maw, rennet-bag, or reed tripe, is the fourth and final stomach compartment in ruminants. It secretes rennet, which is...
- Displaced abomasum in cattle occurs when the abomasum, also known as the true stomach, which typically resides on the floor of the abdomen, fills with...
- (or an abomasum in the case of ruminants). Ruminants have a fore-stomach with four chambers. These are the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum. In the...
- Florentine dish, made from the fourth and final stomach of cattle, the abomasum. Lampredotto is derived from the Italian word for lamprey eels, lampreda...
- reticulum omasum—receives chewed cud, and absorbs volatile fatty acids abomasum—true stomach The first two chambers are the rumen and the reticulum. These...
- (honeycomb and pocket tripe), and the omasum (book/bible/leaf tripe). Abomasum (reed) tripe is seen less frequently, owing to its glandular tissue content...
- family. It is produced by newborn ruminant animals in the lining of the abomasum to curdle the milk they ingest, allowing a longer residence in the bowels...
- ruminants. The omasum comes after the rumen and reticulum and before the abomasum. Different ruminants have different omasum structures and function based...
- an offal dish consumed in Western Asia. It is prepared by washing the abomasum (lower stomach) of a sheep and then stuffing it with chopped meat, onions...
- four-chambered stomach consisting of the rumen, the reticulum, the omasum, and the abomasum. As with other mammal ruminants, they are even-toed ungulates. The females...