General Nutrition Facts
Monogastric Digestion
Ruminant Digestion
Accessory Structures of the Tracts
Wild-Card
100

This is the most important nutrient and makes up over 60% of an animal’s body.

What is water?

100

This type of digestion uses enzymes and acids to break down nutrients.

What is chemical digestion?

100

The mouth of a ruminant animal produces a lot of this substance.

What is saliva and/or buffer? 

100

The animal without a gallbladder.

What is horses?

100

The opponent this weekend for UK Baseball.

Who is LSU? 

200

This type of animal can utilize urea as a protein source.

What are ruminants? 

200

Digestion of this nutrient begins in the stomach.

What is protein? 

200

Chemical digestion of protein begins in this segment of the tract. 

What is the abomasum?

200

The location of bile production.

What is the liver?

200

The date of your next exam. 

When is April 8th?

300

The six classes of nutrients required for survival.

What are water, carbohydrates, lipids, protein, vitamins, and minerals?

300

This substance provides non-enzymatic digestion in the stomach.

What is HCL (hydrochloric acid)? 

300

The main purpose of papillae. 

What is increase surface area for absorption? 

300

Greenish organ attached to the liver.

What is the gallbladder?

300
The breed of horses raced in the Kentucky Derby.

What are thoroughbreds?

400

Sheep are highly susceptible to toxicity of this mineral.

What is copper?

400

The three segments of the small intestine in order.

What are duodenum, jejunum, and ileum? 

400

What are the four compartments of the ruminant “stomach” in order?

What are the Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, and Abomasum?

400

Structure that produces digestive enzymes which then dump into the small intestine.

What is the pancreas? 

400

The name of the first cloned mammal (hint:it was a sheep).

Who is Dolly?

500

This nutrient provides the most energy per unit.

What are lipids (fat)?

500

This structure regulates the flow of stomach contents into the small intestine.

What is the pyloric sphincter? 

500

Rumination is important for this reason.

What is increases efficiency of microbial digestion?

500

Structure that connects to the small intestines and houses blood vessels for absorption.

What is mesentery?  

500

The number of school days left in the semester (not including today, weekends, reading days, or finals week).

What are 24 days?

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