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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)
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- Abomasums
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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a ruminant's 4th stomach; dis: coord IM with STOMACH DISEASES /vet (IM); neopl: coord IM with STOMACH NEOPLASMS /vet (IM) + histol type /vet (IM); ulcer: coord IM with STOMACH ULCER /vet (IM)
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- Stomach (1966-1967)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Abomasum. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000018. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000018
- Abomasum. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abomasum
- Abomasum. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27004