I heard cows have more than one stomach, is that true?
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yep, 4.
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Cows only have 1 stomach, but they have 4 compartments in that stomach. The names of the compartments are called: The rumen, The reticulum, The omasum, and the abomasum.
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"Cattle have one stomach, with four compartments. They are the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum, the rumen being the largest compartment. Cattle sometimes consume metal objects which are deposited in the reticulum, the smallest compartment, and this is where hardware disease occurs. The reticulum is known as the "Honeycomb." The omasum's main function is to absorb water and nutrients from the digestible feed. The omasum is known as the "Many Plies." The abomasum is most like the human stomach; this is why it is known as the "True Stomach"." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow
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You may have heard it said that cows have "four stomachs." In an anatomic sense this is incorrect; there really is only one stomach, but it does have divisions. The first three divisions of the ruminant stomach are sometimes considered to be diverticula of the esophagus; there is considerable debate on this point, however, and some authorities consider them derivatives of the stomach. In any event, they are all derived from the primitive embryonic foregut. http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/curriculum/VM8054/labs/Lab21/LAB21
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sure they have 4 but space cows...... who knows?
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Sort of. They have four different compartments, three of one kind and a final compartment. The first one is the largest, the rumen, where food kind of goes from there to the mouth to be chewed again and again, you've heard of the cud. WHen it's done it moves to the other 2 and finally into the last one, the omasum, where acids are added and it's really done digesting by the stomach.
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true
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