Preferred Label : rumen;
Uberon definition : The first compartment of the ruminant stomach. It lies on the left side of the body,
occupying the whole of the left side of the abdomen and even stretching across the
median plane of the body to the right side. It is capacious, divided into an upper
and a lower sac, each of which has a blind sac at its posterior extremity.;
Uberon related term : paunch;
Uberon Function note : Coarse, partially chewed food is stored and churned in the rumen until the animal
finds circumstances convenient for rumination. When this occurs, little balls of food
are regurgitated through the esophagus into the mouth, and are subjected to a second
more thorough mastication, swallowed, and passed on into other parts of the compound
stomach. (From Black's Veterinary Dictionary, 17th ed);
Uberon Structure note : There is no muscularis mucosae in the rumen. The rumen is lined by mucous membrane
containing no digestive glands, but mucus-secreting glands are present in large numbers;
Origin ID : 0007365;
UMLS CUI : C0035946;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Uberon cross reference
- has part
- part of
- produces
The first compartment of the ruminant stomach. It lies on the left side of the body,
occupying the whole of the left side of the abdomen and even stretching across the
median plane of the body to the right side. It is capacious, divided into an upper
and a lower sac, each of which has a blind sac at its posterior extremity.
