Virtual Chicken: The Gizzard

The Gizzard or ventriculus is the muscular stomach where the grinding of food takes place. After being softened by the Proventriculus, food moves into the gizzard. It is a round organ with two lobes, one larger than the other. Each surface in the gizzard is covered by a shiny layer of tendinous tissue which is thicker at the center and thinner out by the edges. Under this outer layer are located very powerful masses of red muscle. The inner surface is lined with a creamy-colored, thick, horny tissue raised in ridges. This surface acts as the bird’s teeth and is made up of a strong, keratinized material called koilin that can withstand the potentially damaging effects of hydrochloric acid and pepsin coming from the proventriculus and the muscular action of grinding food. As the koilin wears down by the grinding action, glands in the gizzard produce more that passes to the surface where it hardens to replace the worn tissue.
Though the gizzard consists of very powerful muscles, it alone can't pulverize everything the typical bird eats; grit and small rocks are picked up as birds peck and feed. This mineral matter accumulates in the gizzard, and the particles help pulverize the seeds and grain. Once the food is ground, it passes into the small intestine.
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I’m too high for this

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ME TOO

[@flystro3066]

Lmao facts yo

[@rifathossein4908]

Same😂

[@keseanbenjamin8652]

At work had a random ass thought about what is a gizzard😂😂😂

[@rcharmel9316]

I feel so stupid... For all my life, I always thought gizzards were the flapping things hanging from a chickens neck.

[@JayRandomOfficial]

Lmao me too

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same 😭😭

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Those are the wizard sleeves

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Me too

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😂😂😂😂😢

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Been wondering this ever since I was a small child. You just made it all happen in a mere minutes time and I’ve been wondering for 40years. Thanks

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Yo I love this band, so underrated.

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I eat this 😭

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Same 😂

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Metoo 😿

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Dam delicious 👁👄👁 😈😈

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it's so cheap 😍

[@PikaPetey]

huh... so a bird/chicken chew with their stomach.... interesting.

[@superxxamadeus4098]

I’m on month 2 recovering from jaw surgery, still one month from being able to chew. If only i had a fricking gizzard lol.

[@trianad2110]

So basically a Gizzard is the chicken's STOMACH but is also a strong muscle organ... whewww Thank God Growing UP PPL always joked about what it was lol

[@anon2218]

I’ll still eat it cause gizzards good

[@50shadesofjaysus41]

Super informative. I've kinda wandered about this for years but never looked into it. Then I found your vid. Thanks heaps.

[@danpeterson114]

While there is some good information and animation here, the subject really deserves a more detailed explanation than what is given here. For example, the excellent Wikipedia article on this subject mentions that when food is pushed into the gizzard from the proventriculus, the strong muscular contractions that help grind the food also forces the food back up into the proventiculus, and this process is repeated about four times every minute on the average in most birds. Each time the food is pushed back up into the proventriculus, it is exposed to more stomach enzymes.

[@goobah1389]

Thats what I have always wondered. Meaning “are gizzards just stomachs?” And I’ve truly mainly thought no bc they taste so good and you’re saying that’s correct? They cant be and are not called a stomach because it does not function as as a place where food is digested in acids?

[@desireer6915]

Thank you!!

[@TheB1gBadWolf]

So it has a rock pocket inside of its body…

[@joseescotogonzalez9539]

Excelente video, muchas gracias.

[@twitchyy115TH]

when i first heard of the word "gizzard" i thought it was a halg goat half lizzard hybrid.. then i found out it was this thing and it turned out to be yummy lol

[@G.Ed01]

I ate a whole plate of gizzards a few days ago and they are deliciouse splashed with some Franks red hot tabasco sauce I may add... Good eatings

[@jaanisingh]

I've been loving glizzard not knowing what part it was . Now i know .

[@rolandhernandez4922]

beautiful

[@diptiverma6266]

So basically gizzard is hen stomach

[@infinityzer054]

Is it magnetically sensitive? Does it cause “suffering” when magnetic debris connects to it?
(Movie reference)

[@theultimatehoomanperson6701]

I'm too hungry for this

[@calvinl5726]

I thought they were the balls

[@NicholasVeryKind]

Im from wellington just scanning bar codes I got and this is the vid I got

[@schatziloffelspitz2680]

I already ate a lot of this the name of the dish "adobong gizzard"

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Awesome information. Never liked eating it. It's like eating rubber. 😅

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I ate this 😿

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Why crying???

[@Holy_2894]

It's bloody delicious and nutritious...

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@@Holy_2894 even brits eat gizzards??

[@desireer6915]

It's like a mouth inside a body lol

[@drewkastelajara3812]

interesting

[@nmpoy]

thought it was in the butt lool still my fave part of chicken

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i was looking for a music artist not this 🤨🤨

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Damn

[@dsizzle49]

No wonder my stomach is hurting, never eating this shit again.

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🙏😎

[@Gage888]

Good asf deep fried

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Chicken stomach

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Daddy

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yes

[@anon2218]

What? I went to go to the store to get milk

[@erikarabie]

What

[@EricWayneThomasMusic]

So if something is said to be as rare as hens teeth there is a hidden overabundance of it. Perhaps investors should hold onto stock and start writing a book about how it feels to make a grave mistake... to prepare for anything. America has institutionalized unconventional policies regarding indoctrination...!

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Come back to earth

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damn❄

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I searched for chicken gizzars recipe😭😭😭now what

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steal a chicken's gizzard