Animal Nutrition

Question 1

Incisors

Answer 1

• front of mouth
  Chisel shaped
  Used for biting off food

Question 2

Canines

Answer 2

• behind incisors
  Pointed
  Holding and catching/ killing

Question 3

Premolars

Answer 3

-cheek teeth
Flat, uneven surface
Cutting and grinding

Question 4

Diastema

Answer 4

Space in front of premolars found in herbivores
Pushes tongue through gap
Sweep grass into mouth

Question 5

Carnassial

Answer 5

Premolars and molars that are large, flattened, triangular teeth with jagged edges that slice against each other like scissors to cut flesh

Question 6

Alimentary canal

Answer 6

(Gut)

Through gut- 2 openings: mouth and anus

Question 7

Emulsify

Answer 7

PHYSICALLY breakers up into smaller bits

Question 8

Emulsification

Answer 8

Large fat blob made into smaller fat blobs by mechanical processes ( NOT chemical processes)

Question 9

Assimilation

Answer 9

The using of these nutrient molecules so they become part of the body

Question 10

Vestigial

Answer 10

Small (only a vestige of what it could be)

Question 11

Mastication

Answer 11

Chewing

Question 12

Physical/ mechanical digestion

Answer 12

Prepares food for chemical digestion by breaking large food particles into smaller particles

Question 13

Peristalsis

Answer 13

• reflex action triggered by the presence of bolus in the pharynx
• alt waves of contraction and relaxation of circular muscles in the gut wall causing a ring (wave) of constriction behind the bolus resulting in food being squeezed onwards

Question 14

Chyme

Answer 14

Grayish- cream fluid

Question 15

Chemical digestion

Answer 15

The breaking down of large insoluble molecules into smaller, soluble ones by a process called hydrolysis

Question 16

Hydrolysis

Answer 16

The chemical breaking down of any type of food molecule by hydrolase ( enzymes) as a result of the addition of water

Question 17

Ulcer

Answer 17

Open internal wound

Question 18

Micelle

Answer 18

Combination of glycerol and bile salts to form water soluble complexes

Question 19

Chyle

Answer 19

Milky substance

Question 20

Insulin

Answer 20

Hormone that allows glucose to enter body cells

Question 21

Deamination

Answer 21

Removal of the amino group (NH2)

Question 22

Drug metabolism

Answer 22

Process which medicinal products undergo

End-products excreted in bile or urine

Question 23

Diabetes

Answer 23

A chronic disease characterized by high levels of glucose in the blood

Question 24

Homeothermic

Answer 24

Warm blooded