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Lamb's stomach, transverse section
A portion of a lamb's stomach, with a transverse section of the third stomach towards the rear of the preparation, photograph. Ruminants such as sheep possess a four-chambered stomach to aid in the digestion of plants and grasses, a food source which vertebrates are unable to digest unaided. The reason for this is grasses consist of cellulose, a type of sugar. Vertebrates do not possess the enzyme…
Creator
- Michael Frank
- Frank Michael
Type of item
- Photograph
- Photograph
Creator
- Michael Frank
- Frank Michael
Type of item
- Photograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Michael Frank, Royal College of Surgeons
Source
- A0001415
Identifier
- A0001415
- bgr6cbvs
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:56:06.718Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:56:06.718Z