Abomasum
"Abomasum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The fourth stomach of ruminating animals. It is also called the "true" stomach. It is an elongated pear-shaped sac lying on the floor of the abdomen, on the right-hand side, and roughly between the seventh and twelfth ribs. It leads to the beginning of the small intestine. (From Black's Veterinary Dictionary, 17th ed)
Descriptor ID |
D000018
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MeSH Number(s) |
A13.869.106
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