THE GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT OF THE ROCK HYRAX (PROCAVIA-HABESSINICA) .1. MORPHOLOGY AND MOTILITY PATTERNS OF THE TRACT

Authors
BJORNHAG G BECKER G BUCHHOLZ C VONENGELHARDT W
Citation
G. Bjornhag et al., THE GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT OF THE ROCK HYRAX (PROCAVIA-HABESSINICA) .1. MORPHOLOGY AND MOTILITY PATTERNS OF THE TRACT, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology, 109(3), 1994, pp. 649-653
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology,Biology
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10964940
Volume
109
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
649 - 653
Database
ISI
SICI code
1096-4940(1994)109:3<649:TGOTRH>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The stomach of the rock hyrax (Procavia habessinica) is divided into a non glandular part with very slow movements, and a glandular part whi ch rapidly mix the digesta. The large intestine has two fermentation c hambers, the caecum, which rapidly mixes the digesta, and the colonic sac, which efficiently, but slowly, mixes digesta. Between these chamb ers runs the connecting colon. No retrograde transport is observed in any part of the large intestine.