animal digestion vocab- Madison Easley Flashcards
What is amino acids?
Are compounds that contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
What is abomasum?
” true stomach” is the site of digestion.
What is anus?
The opening at the end of your large intestine.
What is avian digestive system?
Is the type found in poultry.
What is bile?
Is a yellowish- green, alkaline, bitter liquid produced in the liver.
What is cecum?
Is found in where the small intestine joins the large intestines.
What is chyme?
The partly digested food that leaves the stomach enters the small intestine as the acidic, semifluid, gray, pulpy mass.
What is crop?
Where the food is stored and soaked.
What is cud?
Is a ball-like mass of food brought up from the stomach to be rechewed.
What is digestion?
Consists of the parts of the body involved in chewing and digestive food.
What is digestive system?
The process of of breaking down food into simple substance that can be absorb by the body.
What is enzymes?
They are organic catalysts that speed up the digested process.
What is equated?
(Belched up) chewed and then swallowed again.
What is feces?
Food materials not digested or absorbed (waste)
What is gizzard?
Very muscular organ.
What is intestinal juice?
Glands in the walls of the small intestine.
What is monogastic digestive?
Simple digestive system, contains a single-chambered stomach and is the type found in humans, swine, dogs and cats.
