Equine & Ruminant abdomens

Question 1

Blood supply to the rumen?

Answer 1

supplied by coeliac artery

Question 2

Blood supply to the omasum and abomasum?

Answer 2

gastric and gastroepiploic artery

Question 3

where does the gastroepiploic artery come from?

Answer 3

Hepatic artery

Question 4

Innervation of the stomach

Answer 4

parasympathetic fibers arise from R & L vagus nerves

Question 5

whats is the artery of the foregut in horses?

Answer 5

coeliac artery

Question 6

How is the spleen attached to the stomach in horses?

Answer 6

gastrosplenic ligament

Question 7

How is the spleen attached to the L kidney in horses?

Answer 7

renosplenic ligament

Question 8

TRUE OR FALSE: Horses don’t have a gallbladder

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

Whats the equine foregut composed of?

Answer 9

spleen, stomach, pancreas, liver, descending duodenum

Question 10

most of the small intestine in horses is comprised of?

Answer 10

jejunum

Question 11

What’s referred to as the pointy apex of the equine gut

Answer 11

cecum

Question 12

What artery supplies the mesentary of the small intestine in equines?

Answer 12

branches of cranial mesentertic artery

Question 13

Where does the small intestine usually sit?

Answer 13

on top of the ascending colon and left of the cecum

Question 14

How many taeniae coli in the cecum?

Answer 14

4

Question 15

How many taeniae coli in the transverse colon?

Answer 15

2

Question 16

How many taeniae coli in the descending colon

Answer 16

2

Question 17

How many taeniae coli in the right ventral colon?

Answer 17

4

Question 18

How many taeniae coli in the left dorsal colon?

Answer 18

1

Question 19

How many taeniae coli in the right dorsal colon?

Answer 19

3

Question 20

How many taeniae coli in the left ventral colon?

Answer 20

4

Question 21

How is the right ventral colon attached to the cecum?

Answer 21

ceco-colic ligament

Question 22

The left dorsal colon is attached to the left ventral colon by the?

Answer 22

colic ligament

Question 23

the right dorsal colon is attached to the right ventral colon by the?

Answer 23

colic ligament

Question 24

in pigs, the cecum is related to the _____ flank

Answer 24

LEFT

Question 25

the rumen lies on the _____ side of cows?

Answer 25

Left

Question 26

which part of the ruminant stomach is larger in calves?

Answer 26

abomasum

Question 27

the rumen pushes the liver and pancreas to the ____?

Answer 27

right

Question 28

Spleen is located on the ____ side of cows?

Answer 28

Left

Question 29

Which side of the cow is the L kidney located on?

Answer 29

Right because the rumen takes up so much space on the left

Question 30

what are the 3 forestomachs in ruminants?

Answer 30

rumen, reticulum, omasum

Question 31

What is the true stomach in ruminants that forms and functions like a monogastric stomach?

Answer 31

abomasum

Question 32

Explain the route of the passage of food in ruminants?

Answer 32

Esophagus --> rumen --> reticulum --> omasum --> abomasum

Question 33

Explain the route of the passage of food in calves?

Answer 33

esophagus --> reticular groove --> omasum --> abomasum