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Digestive systems
Digestive tracts and their parts & functions
Question | Answer |
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Where food is taken in and chewed | Mouth |
Tube that transports food from mouth to stomach | Esophogus |
First compartment in a ruminant stomach | Rumen |
Where bacteria ferments food | Rumen |
Ruminant stomach compartment where food goods before rumination | Reticulum |
Re-chewing food | Rumination |
Ruminant stomach compartment also known as the "Honeycomb" | Reticulum |
Examples of ruminants | Goats, sheep, cattle |
Examples of monogastrics | Humans, dogs, pigs, cats |
Organisms that aid in digestion | Enzymes |
Peristalsis | Muscle contractions that help move food down the esophogus |
What happens in the mouth | Teeth break down food mechanically, saliva is added |
Purpose of saliva | Moistens and lubricates food |
Enzymes | Organisms that help break down food |
Cardia | Located in monogastric (nonruminant) digestive systems. Prevents food from moving back |
Compartment in monogastrics that mixes food with hydrochloric acid to break it down | Stomach |
Compartment in ruminants that contains hydrochloric acid & is known as the "true stomach" | Abomasum |
List the four compartments of the ruminant stomach in order | Rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum |
Part of the digestive system where nutrients are absorbed | Small intestine |
Part of the monogastric digestive system where water is absorbed | Large intestine |
2 places in the ruminant digestive system where water is absorbed | Omasum, large intestine |
Where bile is produced | Liver |
Where extra bile is stored | Gall Bladder |
The process of how fast or slow your body breaks down food | Metabolism |
Filters out toxins in the bloodstream (like alcohol in humans) | Liver |
Where insulin ad enzymes are produced | Pancreas |
Fluid produced by the liver that aids in digestion | Bile |
Part of the ruminant digestive system that helps to further break down food after it leaves the stomach | Cecum |
Where birds store food to be digested later | Crop |
Part of the poultry digestive system where food is mechanically broken down | Gizzard |
The part of the poultry digestive system that secretes acid to break down food | Proventriculus |
Helps to break down fiber in birds (although is not very important) | Ceca |
Junction in birds where digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts all meet | Cloaca |
Point in birds where urine and feces are eliminated | Vent |
"Holding spot" for manure in ruminants and monogastrics before it leaves the body | Rectum |
The "exit" point for manure | Anus |