Definitionn. thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
Last update: August 16, 2015
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The degree of compactness of the visceral mass varies, _Phainoptila_ and _Ptilogonys caudatus_ having the folds of the digestive tract loosely arranged, whereas _Ptilogonys cinereus_ and _Phainopepla_ have folds which adhere more tightly to the ventriculus and liver. [Please select]
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In _Dulus_ and _Bombycilla_, as compared with the Ptilogonatinae, the visceral mass (primarily liver and ventriculus) is situated more posteriorly in the body cavity, and is more compact, and the intestine is more tightly coiled. [Please select]
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The coiling of the intestine, if its degree of compactness is disregarded, is nearly identical in the birds of the family; there are four major loops between the ventriculus and the anus. [Please select]
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