Digestive System Flashcards

(39 cards)

1
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Where does plant material gets broken down by in the cow

A

The Rumen

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2
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What’s transports food from the mouth to the stomach

A

Oesophagus

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3
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What is the material that leaves the stomach called

A

Chyme

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4
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What enzyme breaks down fat

A

Lipase

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5
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The longest part to the small intestine

A

Jejunum

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6
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What do you call an animal that chews its cud

A

Ruminant

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7
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What is the sphincter at the distal end of the stomach called

A

Pyloric sphincter

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8
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What is the emptying time of a dogs stomach? A cats stomach?

A

6-8 hours dogs and 4-6 hours in cats

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9
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What transports bile from the gall bladder to the small intestine

A

Common bile duct

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10
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Where does digestion mostly take place in carnivores

A

Duodenum

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11
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How does food move along intestinal tract

A

?? Find in book

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12
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The process of breaking down food into smaller molecules by enzymes is

A

Chemical digestion

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13
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What organ produces these enzymes

A

Pancreas

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14
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What’s organ is responsible for processing’s the products of digestion’s

A

The liver

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15
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The functions of the liver

A

Responsible for irons and vitamin storage, for bile formation, urea formation, drug metabolism, removing bacteria from the blood

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16
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Function of saliva

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To moisten and lubricate food matter to aid swallowing

17
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What can cause excessive salivation

A

Poison or toxin

18
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Main section of the stomach is called?

19
Q

Sphincter at the end of the stomach

A

Pyloric sphincter

20
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Sphincter at the beginning of the stomach

A

Cardiac sphincter

21
Q

How many hours till a dogs and cats stomach empty’s

A

6-8 hours in dogs

4-6 hours in cats

22
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What’s a ruminant

A

Animals that’s chew their cud and 4 parts to their stomach

23
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Main site of digestion

A

Small intestine

24
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Duodenum what is it

A

The first part of the small intestine and the major digestive organ

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Jejunum what is it
Longest part of small intestine
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Ileum what is it
Short part of small intestine and joins to large intestine
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What’s the main site of absorption in small intestine
Jejunum and ileum
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Three sections of the large intestine
Caecum colon and rectum
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Main functions of large intestine
Water and electrolyte recovery and storage of faeces
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What’s peristalisis
The process of food moving through the digestive tubing
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Amylase does what
Breaks down starch
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Lipase does what
Breaks down fat
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Trypsinogen does what
Breaks down protein into amino acids
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What’s the gall bladder do and where is it located
Located against the causes aspect of the liver and the bile duct carried bile to the duodenum
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4 Liver functions
Iron storage, vitamin storage, drug metabolism and urea formation
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What’s the caecum
Lines between small intestine and colon it is functionless in carnivores
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What’s the colon and where?
Large intestine, storAge of faeces
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The two important blood supplies to the liver
Blood from sorts and hepatic portal system
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Function of pylorus
Allows small amount of food enter the duodenum in intervals