Digestion
The number of processes within digestion.
What is 4?
This is an example of a monogastric animal.
What are Pigs? Humans? Dogs? Cats?
This is an example of a ruminant animal.
What are Cattle? Goat? Sheep?
This is an example of a pseudo-ruminant animal.
What are Horse? Rabbit? Guinea Pig?
This is an example of an avian animal.
What are Chicken? Turkey? Duck?
The purpose of digestion.
The meaning of "monogastric"
The four compartments in order.
What is the
1. Rumen?
2. Reticulum?
3. Omasum?
4. Abomasum?
Horses can throw up.
What is False?
Avian animals will eat this for their Gizzard to help grind food.
What are Rocks?
This structure allows for most nutrient absorption.
What is the Small Intestine?
This is where food starts to be broken down chemically.
What is saliva?
The honeycomb structure that catches heavy materials.
What is the Reticulum?
This structure is extremely strong in horses.
What is the Cardiac Sphincter (Valve)?
This structure stores and moistens food.
What is the crop?
Diffusion and Active Transport are part of this process.
What is Absorption?
This structure controls food from entering and exiting the stomach.
What is the Cardiac Sphincter (Valve)?
The process of throwing food back up to chew/physically break down their food more.
What is "regurgitation" OR "chewing their cud"?
The most important structure for pseudo ruminants.
What is the Cecum?
The Proventriculus releases this to assist in chemical digestion.
What is HydroChloric Acid and Enzymes?
This structure increases the surface area to allow for futher digestion/absorption.
What are villi?
This structure protects the trachea when swallowing.
What is the Epiglottis?
The reason why microbial fermentation is so important for ruminant animals.
What is cellulose breakdown?
The sickness where fermented food gets "clogged" in the cecum.
What is Colic?
This structure is responsible for reproduction, fecal elimination, and urine elimination.
What is the Cloaca?