Digestive

Basic Anatomy & Physiology

• The Mouth

  • A beak with no teeth

• Esophagus (gullet)

• The Crop

  • A pouch used to store food temporarily before traveling into the stomach

• Proventriculus

  • Part of the "stomach" and is used for storage

• Gizzard

  • A muscular part of the stomach that uses grit to grind food into smaller pieces

• Small Intestine

  • Aids in digestion and absorption

• Liver

  • Metabolizes carbohydrates

• Ceca

  • Blind ended sac that breaks down food with bacteria

• Large Intestine

  • Primary water abosrption site

• Cloaca

  • Digestive and Urinary System meet here

• Vent

  • Waste exccreted out