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absorption

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Process of taking the digested parts of foods into the bloodstream.

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abomasum

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The true stomach, the site of digestion

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amino acids

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Compounds that are essential for growth and mainframe of the cells.

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Anus

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Opening at the end of the large intestines

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avian digestive system

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Bound in birds. The esophagus empties into the crop.

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Bile

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Yellowish-green bitter liquid produced by the liver. Stored in the gallbladder in all animals but the horse.

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Cecum

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Blind gut, the small intestine and large intestine joins.

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Chyme

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The left over food in the small intestine.

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Crop

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Where food is stored and soaked.

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Cud

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Ball like mass of rechecked food.

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Digestion

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Process of breaking down food into smaller substances

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Digestive system

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Consists of the parts of the body involved in chewing and digesting food.

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Enzymes

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Organic catalysts that speed up digestive process

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eructated

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Belched up, chewed and swallowed again

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Feces

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Food materials that are not digested or absorbed

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Gizzard

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Muscular organ. Normally contains stones or grinds of food.

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intestinal juice

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Glands of small intestine produce these.

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monogastric digestive system

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Simple digestive system, contains a single chambered stomach.

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omasum

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Small compartment that is the main sight for water absorption

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Organs

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Parts of digestive system that perform specialized functions.

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pancreatic juice

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Comes from pancreas, contains good stuff for our bodies.

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pancreatic amylase

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Changes starch in food into maltose.

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pepsin

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Breaks protein from the food into proteoses and peptones

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pseudo-ruminant digestive system

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Found in animals that eat large amounts of roughages but don’t have several stomach compartments.

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reticulum

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Second segment in the stomach

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rumen

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Largest section of the stomach and first compartment food enters.

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ruminant

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Animal with ruminant digestive system is called this.

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rumination

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Chewing the cud.

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ruminant digestive system

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Animals with a polygastric and one large chamber

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salivary amylase

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Changes starch to maltose or sugar.

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stomach

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Muscular organ that stores ingested food and moves it to the small intestine.

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salivary maltase

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Changes Maltose to glucose

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villi

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Absorbs water in the large intestine

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trypsin

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Breaks down proteins that aren’t broken down by pepsin.

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