Bolus (digestion)

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This bolus from an albatross has several ingested flotsam items, including monofilament from fishing nets and a discarded toothbrush, Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals

In digestion, a bolus (from Latin bolus, ball) is a mass of food that (with animals that can chew) has been chewed at the point of swallowing. Under normal circumstances, the bolus then travels to the stomach for further digestion.[1][2]

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  1. ^ "Bolus - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary". Merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  2. ^ "bolus (biology) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21.