الوصف المظهري للقناة الهضمية في طائر السلوى الياباني Coturnix coturnix japonica

الملخص EN

The present study aims at knowing the morphology of the alimentary canal for Japanese Quail Coturnix coturnix .

The study included morphological examination of the alimentary canal in Japanese Quail .

We concluded that alimentary canal in Coturnix coturnix starts with oropharynx cavity covered anteriorly with the Beak , Esophagus , Crop , Proventriculus , Ventriculus , Small intestine and finally the Rectum which end in Cloaca.

The tongue is long , narrow and lancet shap , with many papillae distributed in oropharynx.

Esophagus was long .

The crop was lobular and thin walled .

The ventriculus was disk shaped organ and lining with a thick cuticle layer.

Duodenum forms a single loop and the ileum formed much interference loops.A pair of long caeca were noticed.

The rectum is short in Coturnix coturnix