Details for gizzard
gizzardBTO (BRENDA Tissue Ontology) ID
BTO:0000520
BTO:0000520 is linked to 18 enzymes:
Definition
1: The muscular enlargement of the alimentary canal of birds that has usually thick muscular walls and a tough horny lining for grinding the food and when the crop is present follows it and the proventriculus. 2: A thickened part of the alimentary canal in some animals (as an insect or an earthworm) that is similar in function to the crop of a bird
Synonyms
1. gastric mill
2. gigerium
3. muscular stomach
4. ventriculus
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