The fourth stomach of ruminating animals, which is an elongated pear-shaped sac lying on the floor of the abdomen, on the right-hand side, and roughly between the seventh and twelfth ribs. It leads to the beginning of the small intestine. (Adapted From Black's Veterinary Dictionary, 17th ed) [ MESH:A13.869.106 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abomasum ]
Term information
- BTO:0000024
- NCIT:C98702
- GAID:1241
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0000780
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/410028001
- UMLS:C0000780 (ncithesaurus:Abomasum)
- MESH:D000018
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abomasum
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