Freshwater crocodile the same weight. This allows them to live for a half a year without eating. After the food goes down the throat, it is met in the gizzard by sand and rocks -these elements help break apart the bones, horns, hooves, hide, and flesh. This more broken-down material then enters the hydrochloric acid of the stomach. The hearts of other reptiles are designed to contain three sections including two atriums and ventricle. The right atrium, which collects the returned de-oxygenated blood and the left atrium which collects the oxygenated blood collected from pulmonary arteries of the lung, takes the blood
Stomach carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. This allows the brain to link nutritional value of foods to their tastes. A series of radiographs can be used to examine the stomach for various disorders. This will often include the use of a barium swallow. Another method of examination of the stomach, is the use of an endoscope. A gastric emptying scan is considered the gold standard to assess gastric emptying rate. A large number of studies have indicated that most cases of peptic ulcers, and gastritis, in humans are caused by "Helicobacter pylori" infection, and an association has been seen with the development