Bovine GI Flashcards
4 Chambers of the Ruminant Stomach
- Rumen
- Reticulum
- Omasum
- Abomasum
What takes up basically the entire left side of a cow?
rumen
Where do you examine a cow for rumen fill?
paralumbar fossa (and/or look at cow from behind)
Where does fermentation occur?
rumen, reticulum, and omasum (ferments complex carbs)
Serosa covers what compartments of stomach?
rumen and reticulum (just not dorsally)
Equivalent of simple stomach?
abomasum
Fermentation of Cellulose occurs in _______
Rumen
Rumen Location
left side, ICS 7 to pelvic inlet
Pillar
hard projections that divide rumen into sacs
Sacs of the Rumen (5-6)
- Dorsal
- Ventral
- Caudodorsal (Blind)
- Caudoventral (Blind)
- Ruminal Atrium
- (Ruminal Recess)
Ruminal Recess
a space in the cranial part of the ventral sac, but not a sac itself
Pillars of the Rumen
- Longitudinal (L&R)
- Cranial
- Caudal
- Dorsal and Ventral Coronary (L&R)
- Accessory Pillar (L&R)
Just stare at this for a little bit.
Did you stare?
What external structure corresponds with internal pillars?
grooves
Cardia of the rumen
the space where the esophagus enters the rumen
Gastric Groove
begins at the opening of the esophagus and bypasses the rumen (rumenal groove), reticulum (reticular groove), and omasum (omasal groove)
Purpose of gastric groove?
suckling reflex causes the groove to close and milk runs directly to absomasum (rumen microbe population hasn’t built up and also don’t want fermentation of milk)
3 Layers in the Rumen
- Gas
- Fiber
- Liquid
How many ruminal contractions are normal?
2-5 contractions every 2 minutes
How do contents move during a contraction?
reticulum –> ruminal atrium –> dorsal sac –> ventral sac
Trocar with little red devils
instrument to release gas
Regurgitation
reticular contraction floods cardia and goes back up esophagus and carried by antiperstatic wave
Eructation
forces ruminal gas into cardiac region; ventral sac to dorsal sac, no reticular involvement
Hole between rumen and reticulum?
ruminoreticular orifice
Rumenoreticular fold
U shaped structure on ventral aspect of orifice separating rumen and reticulum
Function of Reticulum
break down complex food, regurg material that is too large to digest
Reticulum location?
left side, close to xyphooid and diaphragm b/n ribs 6 and 7
Hardware Disease
metal in reticulum punctures wall during contractions and can lead to infection or pericarditis
What does a heart with hardware disease sound like?
coins in a washing machine
Withers Pinch test
sign of cranioabdominal pain, frequently used to test for hardware disease
Type of epithelium in rumen and reticulum?
stratified squamous epithelium
Honeycomb?
Reticulum
Papilla in the Rumen
increases surface area for absorption; largest in blind sacs, fewest in ventral sac