Ruminant System

Anatomy

100

This feature gives it a distinct pattern. What pattern?

Honeycomb

200

The reticulum is located next to what ruminant compartment?

Rumen

300

What is the smallest compartment in the system? 

Reticulum

400

What animal has a reticulum?

Cow, Sheep, goat

500

Which side of the body is the reticulum found?

Left side

Function

100

The reticulum helps send food back to the mouth to be chewed again. What is this action called?

Cud Chewing

200

Large food is sent back to the mouth. Why? 

For more chewing 

300

Small particles move from the reticulum to what compartment?

Omasum

400

The reticulum helps mix food with this. 

Microbes(bacteria)

500

The main function of the reticulum is to. 

Sort food by size 

Also to harness foreign objects 

Reticulum problems

100

Sharp metal in the reticulum causes what disease? 

Hardware disease.

200

Cows may eat metal because they do not do this well. 

chew their food

300

What object is inserted into the stomach to catch metal

magnet

400

An injured reticulum can cause pain and make cows stop doing this.

chewing cud

also eating 

500

This is a sign that something is wrong with the reticulum. 

Less cud chewing