loading...| Preferred Name |
gizzard |
| Synonyms |
ventriculus gastric mill muscular stomach gigerium |
| Definitions |
1: The muscular enlargement of the alimentary canal of birds that has usually thick muscular walls and a tough horny lining for grinding the food and when the crop is present follows it and the proventriculus. 2: A thickened part of the alimentary canal in some animals (as an insect or an earthworm) that is similar in function to the crop of a bird. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000520 |
| definition |
1: The muscular enlargement of the alimentary canal of birds that has usually thick muscular walls and a tough horny lining for grinding the food and when the crop is present follows it and the proventriculus. 2: A thickened part of the alimentary canal in some animals (as an insect or an earthworm) that is similar in function to the crop of a bird. |
| has_obo_namespace |
BrendaTissueOBO |
| has_related_synonym |
ventriculus gastric mill muscular stomach gigerium |
| id |
BTO:0000520 |
| label |
gizzard |
| notation |
BTO:0000520 |
| prefLabel |
gizzard |
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