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The gizzard, also referred to as the ventriculus, gastric mill, and gigerium, is an organ in the digestive tract found in birds, reptiles, earthworms, some fish, and other creatures. This specialized stomach constructed of thick, muscular walls is used for grinding up food. In certain insects and molluscs, the gizzard features chitinous plates or teeth.
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How does the gizzard aid in digestion?
The function of the gizzard in a grasshopper is to grind food. Gizzards are also found in chicken, fish, and some reptiles.
What is a difference between the digestive system of the annelid and the fish?
fish have a bladder and a stomach. worms have a crop, gizzard, and intestine.
Do humans have a gizzard?
no i dont think so
What is a small herring-like fish that starts with the letters g?
Grass Pickerel, Goldeneye, Gizzard Shad
What is the organ that grinds up food in an earthworm?
The gizzard.
What is the function of the earthworms gizzard?
The function of an earthworm's gizzard is that the gizzard grinds organic matter.
Do hawks have a gizzard?
All birds have a gizzard.
What does gizzard do in an earthworm?
The gizzard is a digestive organ that helps breakdown food in the earthworm. similar to the turkeys gizzard. The turkey also has a gizzard that serves the same purpose.
How often do owls cough up pellets?
The owl's gizzard is the first stomach out of three: First gizzard, then the digestion, then the extraction. The gizzard is the first because it is needed to regurgitate the fur, bones, dirt, and if they have eaten a fish or a reptile, then scales. They cannot digest these and there is no history of one digesting them.
What is harder the crop or gizzard in an earthworm?
The gizzard of the worm has a harder exterior because it is more muscular.
What would you find inside the gizzard?
Why do you care it is a Gizzard :) haha
What meat name starts with the letter G?
Giblets gizzard goat goose ground chuck ground round gunard (fish) gyro
