noun
- the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant animal, located between the reticulum and abomasum
Usage: anatomy; veterinary
Examples
- The omasum filters and absorbs water from partially digested food.
- Veterinary students learn to identify the omasum during dissection.
- The cow’s omasum has many folds that help process food.
- Damage to the omasum can affect a ruminant’s digestion.
- The omasum is sometimes called the manyplies due to its folded structure.
- In sheep, the omasum is proportionally smaller than in cattle.