ANATOMY OF THE DIGESTIVE-SYSTEM OF THE PI G

The different parts of the digestive system of the pig situated in the abdomen are presented. The article studies successively their physica l characteristics, conformation (both exterior and interior) and where appropriate their structure, their topography and inter-relationships . The stomach, intestine, liver and pancreas are described highlightin g the arrangements which are characteristic of the pig species and whi ch are often intermediary between those of the Herbivores and those of the Carnivores. The most remarkable particularities concern: the stom ach (presence of a gastric diverticulum, a pyloric torus and two types of mucosa, glandular and aglandular), the liver (characterised princi pally by its lobulation, visible macroscopically) and finally the inte stine (amongst which the ascending colon is the predominant element wh ich determines, by its volume, the topography of the other abdominal v iscera).