animal science Flashcards
(34 cards)
Absorption
Is the process of taking the digestive parts of food into the bloodstream.
Abomasum
Or true stomach is the site if digestion.
Amino acids
Are compounds that contain carbon,hydrogen,oxygen,and nitrogen.
Anus
The undigested part of food is passed out of the badly through the the anus the opening at the end of the large intestine
Avian digestive system
Is the type found in poultry. This system differs greatly from any other types.
Bile
Is a yellowish green,Alkaline,bitter liquids produced in the liver
Cecum
Or blind gut is found where the small intestine joins that large intestine.
Chyme
As an acid, semi fluid gray and pulpy mass
Crop
Is where the food is stored and soaked.
Cud
Is a ball like mass of food brought up from the stomach to be rechewed.
Digestion
Is the process of breaking down food into simple substances that can be absorbed by the body.
Digestive system
It consists of the parts of the body involved In Chewing and digesting food.
Enzymes
Are organic catalysts that speed up the digestive process
Eructated
Belched up. Shewed and swallowed again
Feces
Food materials not digested or absorbed or poop
Gizzards
Is a very muscular organs, which normally contains stones or grits that grinds the food.
Intestinal juice
Glands in the wall of the small intestine. Is a fluid that contains peptidase,sucrase,Maltese,and lactase,all enzymes used digestion.
Monogastric digestive system
Or a simple digestive systems contains a single chambered stomach found in swine, dogs, humans, cats
Omasum
Is the small compartment that Ismail sight for water absorption.
Organs
Parts that perform specialized functions
Pancreatic amlase
Changes starch in the food into maltose.
Pancreatic juice
Secreted by the pancreas,contains the enzymes trypsin pancreatic amylase,pancreatic lipase, and Maltese.
Pepsin
Breaks into protein in the food into pretenses and peptones
Pseudo-ruminant digestive systems
Is the type found in animals that’s at large amount of roughage a but do not have stamachs with several compartments.