Difference between revisions of "gastric mill"

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|definition=1. Thickened and calcified parts in the [[cardiac stomach]] lining composed of moveable articulated ossicles used to break up food.  
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|definition=1. Thickened and calcified parts in the [[cardiac stomach]] lining composed of moveable articulated ossicles used to break up [[food]].  
  
2. In Acrothoracica, chitinous triturating apparatus in the [[foregut]].
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2. In Acrothoracica, [[chitinous]] triturating [[apparatus]] in the [[foregut]].
|alternative label=[[masticatory stomach]]
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|alternative label=masticatory stomach
 
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Latest revision as of 23:35, 13 September 2013

gastric mill also masticatory stomach: 1. Thickened and calcified parts in the cardiac stomach lining composed of moveable articulated ossicles used to break up food.

2. In Acrothoracica, chitinous triturating apparatus in the foregut.