1. These structures usually reside in the thorax, adjacent to the foregut . 2. Each structure communicates with the foregut through a duct. 3. The foregut comprises the sucking pharynx and the oesophagus. 4. Foregut fermentation is employed by ruminants and pseudoruminants, some rodents and some marsupials.5. The junction between the embryological foregut and midgut lies just below the major duodenal papilla. 6. Pseudoruminants, like traditional ruminants, are foregut fermentors and most ruminate or chew cud. 7. The foregut ( of the digestive system ) is different from other families within the Muricoidea. 8. The digestive system comprises a foregut , a midgut and a hindgut, and is situated dorsally. 9. The origination of the pancreatic tissue is from the dorsal and ventral aspects of the posterior foregut . 10. Grajal suspects that bacteria in the hoatzin's foregut protect the bird by breaking these compounds down.
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