[DOC] [TLE] Bird Digestion - Backyard Nature [PAR] A typical bird's digestive tract is usually considered to consist of the parts listed ... 
What you do is to flit into the open and gobble up those seeds far faster than any 
... that bird has recently eaten, you well may be able to feel the crop in the chest 
area ... be tough, for the gizzard's main function is to grind and digest tough food. [DOC] [TLE] Bird Digestion - People Search [PAR] The major components of the avian digestive system are the alimentary canal 
plus ... esophagus (which includes a crop in some birds), stomach (proventriculus 
... the water's surface at a height that allows them to pick small food items from the 
... and twisting forces, but has to be light or the bird couldn't get off the ground. [DOC] [TLE] Bird Dissection [PAR] system provide them with a continuous supply of oxygen. .... DIGESTIVE 
SYSTEM (see Pigeon Dissection Guide numbered outline for basic information) 
... Many seed and grain-eating birds have a crop connected to the esophagus. ... 
The lower stomach, the ventriculus, or GIZZARD, is a tough, muscular organ 
which... [DOC] [TLE] Gizzard - Wikipedia [PAR] The gizzard, also referred to as the ventriculus, gastric mill, and gigerium, is an 
organ found in ... The gizzard can grind the food with previously swallowed 
stones and pass it back to ... By comparison, while in birds the stomach occurs in 
the digestive tract prior to ... All birds have gizzards, but not all will swallow stones 
or grit. [DOC] [TLE] Digestion - Fernbank Science Center [PAR] Digestion. Birds depend heavily on their digestive systems to remain ... of food, 
therefore, their digestive system is faster and more efficient than those of other ... 
Seed-crackers such as finches have a short conical beak, while birds of prey 
such ... After leaving the mouth, food passes through the esophagus on its way to 
the... [DOC] [TLE] A Birds Digestive System - Your Parrot Cage [PAR] The bird's digestive system is different than many other animals. ... may never 
heard of that are part of the bird's digestive system are the crop, the 
proventriculus, and the gizzard. All of these have specific functions that carry out 
the complicated task of breaking ... The gizzard often contains grit or gravel to 
help grind up food. [DOC] [TLE] Anatomy and Physiology of Animals/The Gut and Digestion ... [PAR] These non-ruminant herbivores include the horse, rabbit and rat. ... This is why 
herbivores have teeth that are adapted to crush and grind. ... The digestive tract, 
alimentary canal or gut is a hollow tube stretching from the mouth to the anus. .... 
In many birds the crop stores food before it enters the stomach, while in pigeons... [DOC] [TLE] Bird Digestion - How Birds Eat - Birding and Wild Birds - About.com [PAR] Learn bird eating behavior, the parts of the bird digestive tract and how to help ... 
in the morning and evening  refueling after a long night and stocking up for the 
next ... Chewing and Swallowing: Birds have specialized bills to help them take 
bites, ... and into the crop, which stores excess food so the bird can digest it 
slowly. [DOC] [TLE] Function of the digestive system [PAR] Apr 23, 2014 ... These materials will stimulate normal development of the gizzard, increase ... The 
digestive tract of the modern chicken has had to adapt to ... In fact, the crop is 
mainly thought to have a role as a storage organ for birds under .... were fed a 
finely ground diet after a 10-h fast, the small intestine was filled with... [DOC] [TLE] Seismosaurus: Chapter 6 - Columbia University [PAR] In the process, they deliberately take up sand grains for grit in their gizzard. ... the 
muscular contractions of the gizzard crush tough seed coatings (in the case of ... 
Seed-eating birds have gizzards, and birds are descendants of dinosaurs. ... the 
stones in Sam's digestive tract may not have been confined to the stomach or a... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 9: Birds and Mammals [PAR]

Question: After the crop, a bird has this organ, a part of the digestive system, to grind up those tough seeds
Answer: Gizzard