Digestive System of

Porcines

Introduction
The digestive system of the pig is fundamentally similar to

all other monogastric mammals, but the evolutionary

development in size and digestive capacity reflects greatly
their habitual diet.

Anatomy of the Digestive System

Dentition of Porcine

Maxillary Arcade: Lateral View

Maxillary Arcade: Ventral View

3 pairs of incisors used for rooting

grasping and shearing food
1 pair of canines
4 pairs of premolars that coarsely grind the food,
3 pairs of molars

Mandibular Arcade

Mandibular Arcade: Lateral View

Mouth

Upper lip
Epiglottis
Hard palate
Palatine raphe

Apex of tongue
Body of tongue
Root of tongue

Roof of the oral

cavity,
oropharynx,
laryngopharynx,
and esophagus of
a pig. The tongue,
larynx, trachea,
and esophagus
have been split in
the median
plane. Ventral
aspect.

Soft palate
Free border of
Soft palate

Intrapharyngeal
opening
Caudal part of
Laryngopharynx
Esophagus
Trachea

PAROTID GLAND:
- Yellowish, large, entirely
serous, and triangular in
shape.

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MANDIBULAR GLAND:
-Reddish in color and is
much smaller than the
parotid gland. It is more or
less globular in shape.
SUBLINGUAL GLANDS:
-Monostomatic
has only one excretory
duct, the major sublingual
duct

-Polystomatic
consists of a loose chain of
small lobules, each of which
secretes through its own
short minor sublingual
duct.

Salivary Glands

The Alimentary Canal

The alimentary canal consists of the esophagus, stomach,

small intestine, large intestine, and the anal canal. Two

large glands, the liver and the pancreas, are associated
with the alimentary canal and release their secretions
into its lumen

Stomach
Gastric
Diverticulum

esophagus

Cranial part of
Duodenum

Lesser curvature

Glandular
Cardia

Pyloric opening
Pyloric sphincter
Pyloric canal

fundus
Gastric groove
Pyloric
antrum
Region of Proper
Grastric Galnds
with High Folds
Greater curvature

Pyloric gland
region

The stomach is a saclike

enlargement of the alimentary
canal between the esophagus
and the duodenum
The Glandular Cardia is very
large and occupies approx.
one third of the stomach
luminal surface.

Digestive System of Horse

Upper dental arch

Lower dental arch

Molars

Premolars

Canine

Incisors

Esophagus

Laryngeal
entrance

Epiglottis

Root of Tongue

Palatine
glands

Soft palate

Third Molar
Tooth
Dorsum of Tongue

Blind sac
Cardia
Non glandular proventricular
part of mucosa

Esophagus
Cranial part of
Duodenum

Margo plicatus
Region of mixed
cardiac & pyloric
glands

Pyloric orifice
Pyloric canal

Region of proper
gastric glands

Lesser omentum
Pyloric gland region
Greater omentum

Pyloric antrum

Major duodenal
papilla