Cat Salivary Glands |
Submandibular gland is the exposed triangular shape in the lower left & the parotid gland is at the right.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/cat_salivary.jpg)
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The massester muscle of the jaw is at the lower left, the submandibular gland is the oval at the lower right & above is part of the large, whitish parotid gland.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/submandibular_parotid.jpg)
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Cat "Mesenteries" |
The greater omentum is a double wall of peritoneal membrane & may act as a fat storage organ.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/cat_omentum.jpg)
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Cat liver & greater omentum. Find the gall bladder in a pocket of liver tissue.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/cat-liver-omentum.jpg)
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Another view of the greater omentum & the spleen which is really a cardiovascular organ.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/cat_omentum_spleen.jpg)
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The falciform ligament is a remnant of the umbilical cord & attaches between the major right & left lobes of the liver. The falciform then attaches to the diaphragm (cut here). Heart & lungs are also visible.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/cat_falciform.jpg)
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Cat: Abdominal Viscera |
View of the liver & intestines after removal of greater omentum. Find the gall bladder between folds of the liver in the lower left.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/cat_viscera.jpg)
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Leakage from the small, dark green gall bladder, stains surrounding portions of the liver green too.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/cat_gallbladder.jpg)
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The cat cecum ends in the small side-pocket at the lower left, the colon extends upward & to the right.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/cat_cecum.jpg)
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Pancreatic tissue in a cat extends in two thin sections, one section is beside the small intestine (stained, in part, in this view with some yellow latex) & the other passes underneath the greater omentum towards the right.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/cat_pancreas2.jpg)
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Stomach Exterior
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/cat_stomach.jpg)
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Stomach Rugae
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/stomach_rugae.jpg)
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Pyloric region of Stomach - with duodenum
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/cat_pylorus.jpg)
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Duodenum (first section of small intestine) with part of pancreas.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/cat_duodenum.jpg)
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Ileocolic Junction has a sphincter controlling movement of materials from the small intestine into the colon.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/cat_ileocolic.jpg)
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The cat's cecum is at the right & the colon extends in off to the left. The cecum of a cat is very small compared to that of a rabbit below.
![](http://courses.washington.edu/chordate/453photos/gut_photos/cecum_colon.jpg)
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