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The third stomach is called the omasum, which means book, and though I could see how someone looking might see pages, for me, the deep longitudinal folds of this stomach were drapes made of terrycloth.

The Body of a Cow 2008

  The third stomach is called the omasum, which means book, and though I could see how someone looking might see pages, for me, the deep longitudinal folds of this stomach were drapes made of terrycloth.

The Body of a Cow 2008

Next, food passes to the omasum, which absorbs more nutrients and further reduces the particle size and water content.

Deer Professor Karl V. 2005

(The omasum of ruminants is represented only by a rudimentary area.)

26 Mouse Deer 1991

Every part except the omasum, even including a rudimentary reticulum, is represented and occupies the same relative position.

11 The Bearded Pig 1983

The most important function of the rumen and omasum is the maceration of the fibrous substances, and the digestion of the cellulose.

Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig

The four compartments into which it is divided are the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum or true stomach.

Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig

-- The different forms of acute indigestion are bloating, overloading of the rumen and impaction of the omasum.

Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig

The manyplus, or omasum (third stomach), frequently becomes so choked up with food that it is hard and dry, and the operation of the digestive organs is very seriously impaired.

Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure Robert Jennings

The third compartment, the _omasum_, communicates anteriorly with the second and first, and posteriorly with the fourth compartment or true stomach.

Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig