Organs
Which organ begins digestion in all animals?
A mechanical and chemical action that breaks down food?
Mastication
This helps neonate ruminants direct milk right to the omasum.
Do horses chew chud?
no, cows do.
What two animals have hypsodont teeth?
Horses and lagomorphs have teeth that grow continually
Secondary organs that aid in digestion?
The liver and pancreas
How the animal gathers food and brings it to its lips?
Prehension
What chamber does the magnet live in for cattle with hardware disease?
The reticulum
Does the omasum feature a honeycomb-like lining?
No, the omasum has many folds like a book, and the reticulum has a honeycomb-like lining.
What GI system features a four chamber stomach, and what is the correct order of those chambers?
Ruminants, the correct order is rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum
What section of the small intestine is the shortest, and which is the longest?
The duodenum is the shortest, and the jejunum is the longest.
An involuntary action that happens in the esophagus, stomach, and both the small and large intestines. Aiding in digestion, a wave-like motion known as?
Peristalsis
SURPRISE! Here is an easy one. Can horses vomit?
Nope!
Chyme is a thick, semi-fluid mixture of partially digested food and digestive enzymes
Yes!
What types of GI system features a larger cecum that is used specifically to ferment and break down cellulose that the stomach cannot break down. And what two animals have this type of system.
Modified monogastric (hind gut fermenters) and a horse and lagomorphs.
What supplies blood, nutrients, and supports the small intestines?
Mesentery
Bringing up food back up from the esophagus?
What is the flap covers larynx opening during swallowing
The epiglottis
Do ruminants have a spiral colon?
Yes!
What is a simple single stomach GI system called, which animals have this type of system?
Monogastric, dogs, cats, and pigs.
Separating the lower glandular stomach from the upper non-glandular stomach is known as what?
Margo plicatus
An involuntary action that occurs in the small intestine, a back-and-forth motion used to break down food, is?
Segmentation
Pyloric sphincter
Is a displacement the twisting of the intestine and mesentery?
no, this is called a volvulus