Omasum

INTERIOR STOMACH - OMASUM

  • The cavity of omasum is occupied by about hundred longitudinal muscular folds - the lamina omasi, which spring from the greater curvature
  • The largest of these are about half a dozen in number, have a superior convex attached edge and a thick concave free edge
  • A groove sulcus omasi extends from the reticulo-omasal opening to the omaso-abomasal opening and is about 4 inches long
  • It is free from laminae. The omaso-abomasal orifice is oval and is about 4 inches long  (View image)
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