Stomach
Ventriculus
Stores and begins digesting food; the horse's stomach is small for its size, with a non-glandular upper part and a glandular lower part.
About the stomach of the horse
Stomach is a digestive of the belly (abdomen), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Ventriculus. 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 oesophagus, at the cardia.
- Action
- Stores and begins digesting food; the horse's stomach is small for its size, with a non-glandular upper part and a glandular lower part.
- Nerve
- Vagus nerve and the coeliac plexus.
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
- Stomach
- Latin (NAV)
- Ventriculus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The stomach in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the stomach
- What is the Latin name of the stomach?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the stomach is called Ventriculus.
- Where is the stomach of the horse?
- Stomach is a digestive of the belly (abdomen), a single structure on the midline.
- What nerve supplies the stomach?
- Vagus nerve and the coeliac plexus.
See the stomach 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.
