animal science johnathan. Flashcards
What is absorption?
Taking the digested parts of food into the bloodstream?
What is abomasum?
Site of digestion and it’s also called a true stomach.
What is amino acids?
Compounds that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
What is anus?
The opening at the end of the large intestine.
What is avian digestive system?
Found in poultry.
What is bile?
Is yellowish green, alkaline, bitter liquid produced in the liver.
What is cecum?
Blind gut where the small intestine joins the large intestine.
What is chyme?
As an acid, semfluid, gray, pulpy mass.
What is crop?
Where food is stored and soaked.
What is cud?
Ball like mass of food brought up from the stomach to be rechewed.
What is digestion?
Breaking down food into a simple substances that can be absorbed by the body.
What is a digestive system?
Parts of the body involved in chewing and digesting food.
What is enzymes?
Organic catalysts that speed up the digesting process
What is eructated?
(Belched up), chewed, than swallowed again.
What is a feces?
Food materials not digested or absorbed.