The mouth and digestive system
have important components like buccal region, pharynx, larynx,
palates in oral cavity and stomach with intestines.
Papillae are many in the tongue region of oral cavity.
Stomach and Intestines
The stomach has pylorus and this gets united with small intestine,
which also has outlet through bile duct and pancreatic duct. The
small intestine is followed by large intestine.
In basic cat anatomy, small intestine
is most important due to its significant physiological function.
The food from mouth is passed on to the esophagus and then, it enters
into the cardia, then into the body of stomach. From pylorus of
stomach, entry of food materials is straight to the duodenum, which
is followed by the jejunum, ileum and finally, the intestinal
The intestinal segments comprise of small intestine
and large intestine. The large intestinal segments contain cecum,
colon and rectum. The rectum ends up in anus, which is a terminal
part of gastro-intestinal system. Some of us think that there may
be some difference in the anatomy of female cat. There is no such
difference except that the male cat penis contains spine.
Wanna add to your cat's longevity? Then, observe
your cat and do a perfunctory examination at least for each month
to identify health problems early. For this purpose, you do require
to know about the basic cat anatomy. So, don't
hesitate to learn about this basic cat anatomy.
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