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A gizzard is a specialized stomach found in some animals, including birds, reptiles, and earthworms, used for grinding food. It often contains ingested stones or grit to aid in the mechanical breakdown of tough food items.
Gizzard of a chicken. The gizzard, also referred to as the ventriculus, gastric mill, and gigerium, is an organ found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (birds and other dinosaurs, crocodiles, alligators, pterosaurs), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans.
gizzard, in many birds, the hind part of the stomach, especially modified for grinding food. Located between the saclike crop and the intestine, the gizzard has a thick muscular wall and may contain small stones, or gastroliths, that function in the mechanical breakdown of seeds and other foods.
This review summarises findings on the function of the gizzard, the interaction between diet and gizzard function, and the nutritional consequences of these interactions.
A gizzard, or " gastric mill ", is a part of the stomach which grinds food. Animals which have grinding teeth do not need a gizzard, but there are many animals which do have one. Gizzards are standard equipment for pterosaurs and birds, dinosaurs, and crocodilia, also many fish, and crustacea.
The gizzard is a roughly disc-shaped organ characterized by strong, muscular walls. Food enters the gizzard through the cardiac opening and exits toward the intestines through the pyloric opening. Its inner chamber is lined with a tough, horny material called koilin.
