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Digestive System of the cat

Digestive System of the cat. ESOPHAGUS. TUBE THAT LEADS FROM MOUTH TO STOMACH. STOMACH. PEAR SHAPED 4 PARTS : CARDIA (CLOSEST TO STOMACH); FUNDUS(LARGE LEFT PORTION OF STOMACH); BODY(LARGE SECTION IN MIDDLE); PYLORUS(TERMINATION)

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Digestive System of the cat

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  1. Digestive System of thecat

  2. ESOPHAGUS • TUBE THAT LEADS FROM MOUTH TO STOMACH

  3. STOMACH • PEAR SHAPED • 4 PARTS: CARDIA (CLOSEST TO STOMACH); FUNDUS(LARGE LEFT PORTION OF STOMACH); BODY(LARGE SECTION IN MIDDLE); PYLORUS(TERMINATION) • PYLORIC SPHINCTER: ONCE FOOD MOVES INTO THE ASMALL INTESTINES IT KEEPS IT FROM GOING BACK INTO THE STOMACH

  4. SMALL INTESTINES • 3 PARTS • DUODENUM: BEGINS AT PYLORIC SPHINCTER • JEJUNUM: MIDDLE SECTION OF SMALL INTESTINES • ILEUM: TERMINAL SECTION

  5. COLON • LARGE INTESTINES • 3 PARTS • ASCENDING, TRANSVERSE, DESCENDING • RECTUM IS THE TERMINAL POINT OF THE COLON

  6. LIVER • 5 LOBES • FUNCTIONS: MANUFACTURES BILE, MANUFACTURES SEVERAL BLOOD PROTEINS (HELPS WITH CLOTTING), BREAKS DOWN HEMOGLOBIN

  7. GALL BLADDER • LOCATED ON THE RIGHT MEDIAN LOBE • STORES BILE

  8. PANCREAS • 2 SECTIONS; VERY DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS • ACINI: SECRETES DIGESTIVE ENZYMES • ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS: SECRETES HORMONES INTO THE BLOOD

  9. SPLEEN • FILTERS BLOOD • TYPE OF LYMPH TISSUE

  10. FALCIFORM LIGAMENT • HOLDS LIVER TO VENTRAL BODY WALL • WILL PROBABLY NOT SEE IT IN CATS

  11. GREATER OMENTUM • EXTENDS FROM THE GREATER CURVATURE OF THE STOMACH TO THE INTESTINES • SERVES AS A FAT STORAGE ORGAN

  12. LESSER OMENTUM • 2 PARTS • HEPATOGASTRIC: LIVER TO STOMACH • HEPATODUODENAL: LIVER TO DUODENUM

  13. MESENTARY PROPER • SMALL INTESTINES TO THE DORSAL BODY WALL

  14. MESOCOLON • COLON TO THE DORSAL BODY WALL

  15. MESORECTUM • RECTUM TO THE DORSAL BODY WALL

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