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Organ where food can be stored if proventriculus and gizzard are full.

small intestine
vent
crop
large intestine
Organ where digested feed is absorbed

large intestine
small intestine
gizzard
cloaca
Place where waste is passed out of the body.

vent
cloaca
ceca
large intestine
Place where reproductive, digestive and urinary systems meet.

vent
small intestine
ceca
cloaca
Organ where acid is mixed with feed.

proventriculus
gizzard
crop
small intestine
Organ where feed is mechanically ground

crop
proventriculus
gizzard
small intestine
Secretes digestive enzymes into the small intestine

ceca
cloaca
crop
pancreas
Does not serve any significant function in bird digestion

gizzard
ceca
small intestine
vent
Absorbs water from waste material

large intestine
gizzard
crop
ceca

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