9 - Comparative Anatomy Of The Digestive System ( Non-Ruminant Stomach ) Flashcards
• The digestive tract consists of a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane that is continuous with the external skin at the mouth and at the anus.
The Digestive System
The Digestive System
• The digestive tract consists of a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane that is continuous with the external skin at the mouth and at the anus. It is divided into:
• Alimentary canal
• Accessory organs
What extends from the mouth to the anus. It consists of the following consecutive portions:
• Mouth
• Pharynx
• Esophagus
• Glandular stomach (and in the case of the ruminants, the non-glandular/forestomachs as well)
• Small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum)
• Large intestine (caecum, colon, rectum)
alimentary canal
The alimentary canal extends from the mouth to the anus. It consists of the following consecutive portions:
• Mouth
• Pharynx
• Esophagus
• Glandular stomach (and in the case of the ruminants, the non-glandular/forestomachs as well)
• Small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum)
• Large intestine (caecum, colon, rectum
The accessory digestive organs:
• Teeth
• Tongue
• Salivary glands
• Liver
• Pancreas
Digestive System primary functions are:
• prehension
• mastication
• digestion
• absorption of food
• elimination of solid wastes
What system reduces the nutritious constituents of the food to molecular compounds that are small enough to be absorbed and used for energy and for building other compounds for incorporation into body tissues
digestive system
What organ has these functions:
• Used primarily for holding, grinding, mixing food with saliva
• Used to manipulate the environment (grasping objects)
• Defensive and offensive weapon
Mouth
entrance into the mouth; external parts covered by typical haired skin
Lips (labia)
deeply grooved midline of the upper lips
Philtrum
Which animal’s lips has soft and flexible, aids in picking up food
Sheep, goats and horses
Which animal’s lips is less mobile, stiff
Cattle and hogs
• Are arranged in two dental arcades, one associated with the mandible and one with the incisive and maxillary bones
Teeth
Farm animals typically have a gap in each arch between the front teeth (incisors) and the cheek teeth; such a physiologic gap is called?
diastema
What teeths ‘nippers’ are implanted in the incisive bone and the body of the mandible?
Incisors
What animals have no upper incisors?
Ox and sheep
- ‘holding’ teeth implanted behind the incisors in the inter alveolar space.
- Designated C also called eyeteeth, bridle teeth, tusks and tushes.
Canines
The canines of these animals are in their 4th incisors.
Ruminants
Horses canines are well-developed in?
stallions
Horses canines are small or absent in?
mares
Pigs canines are large especially in boars called ? open-rooted where they continue to grou throughout life, lower larger than upper C.
tusk
grinding teeth forming the sides os the dental arch
Premolars and molars
What term includes both the premolars and molars?
cheek teeth
In horses the first premolar when present is called the?
Wolf teeth