Oesophagus
Carries food to the stomach; in the horse a strong cardiac sphincter makes vomiting almost impossible.
About the oesophagus of the horse
Oesophagus is a digestive of the belly (abdomen), a single structure on the midline. You can turn it above, see it in place in the belly of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- The pharynx, above the larynx.
- Action
- Carries food to the stomach; in the horse a strong cardiac sphincter makes vomiting almost impossible.
- Nerve
- Vagus nerve.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the horse; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Oesophagus
- Latin (NAV)
- Oesophagus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The oesophagus in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the oesophagus
- Where is the oesophagus of the horse?
- Oesophagus is a digestive of the belly (abdomen), a single structure on the midline.
- What nerve supplies the oesophagus?
- Vagus nerve.
See the oesophagus inside the whole horse.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the horse around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
