Biological Science (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780321976499
Author: Scott Freeman, Kim Quillin, Lizabeth Allison, Michael Black, Emily Taylor, Greg Podgorski, Jeff Carmichael
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 41, Problem 6TYU
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The role in nutrition of the following structures: bird crop, elephant large intestine, and cow rumen.
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The bird crop is a widened segment of the esophagus in a large number of bird species. The cow rumen is an enlarged portion of its stomach. In elephants, the cecum is a sac located at the anterior end of the large intestine.
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