Ruminant
How many stomachs does a ruminant animal have?
1 stomach, 4 compartments
what dose the Mouth do?
Bites and chews food
what is the Abomasum?
Elongated sac at the base of the stomach
What Pecks and takes in feed whole
Beak
What is the first portion of the ruminant stomach?
Rumen
the mouth consists of what parts?
teeth, tongue, and salivary glands
T/F : The interior lining is the smoothest of all stomach parts.
True
What Guides food from beak to crop?
Esophagus
What kind of breakdown do ruminants use to breakdown their food?
Fermentation
What is the main purpose of the tongue?
guide feed to the esophagus
T/F : The only functional portion of the ruminant’s stomach when animals are born
True
What Stores and softens feed from saliva secretions?
Crop
What does Omasum mean?
Many Leaves
Saliva in the mouth stimulates what?
taste
Enzymes and gastric juices are secreted to act on what?
feed particles from concentrates.
What Contains grit and gravel to assist in crushing feed particles?
Gizzard
What is the 4th and last portion of a ruminant stomach?
Abomasum
Ruminants swallow food rapidly without what?
chewing food adequately
Contains hydrochloric acid, which stops action of salivary amylase and adds what? ( 2 correct answers )
adds pepsin to act on proteins, and adds gastric lipase to act on fats
What Unlike other animals do birds have two of?
ceca