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The reception of chewed cud and absorption of volatile fatty acids involves

 

Option: 1

Abomasum 

 


Option: 2

Reticulum

 


Option: 3

Omasum

 


Option: 4

Both b and c

 


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Stomach of Ruminants -

  • In ruminants like cattle, sheep and deer etc. the stomach is structurally very complicated.
  • It has four specialised chambers called abomasum, rumen, omasum and reticulum.
  • The abomasum is the main stomach connected to the small intestine.
  • Reticulum and omasum receive the chewed cud and absorb volatile fatty acids.
  • The food is swallowed as such. It is then pulped and fragmented in special chambers of the stomach and then regurgitated back into the buccal cavity in the form of cud.

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Reticulum and omasum receive the chewed cud and absorb volatile fatty acids. Hence, the correct answer is option d.

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