Basic Structure of the GI Flashcards
eat plant material & often use GI fermentation
herbivorse
two ex of ruminants
cattle and goats
ex of modified ruminants
camelids
what kind of GI are horses
non ruminants (hindgut fermenters)
animals that eat meat
carnivores
eat combination of plants and meat
omnivores
Part of the process where large molecules are broken down into their smaller components
digestion
when molecules are digested small enough, what happens
they enter the body
two kinds of digestion breakdown processes
mechanical and chemical digestion
mechanical digestion involves movements of what
GI tract
chemical digestion uses what kind of reactions
chemical
where does the process of digestion begin
inside the GI tract
anatomical differences in the GI tract depend of what
foods the animals consume
the basic structure of the GI tract is a tube that runs from where to where
oral cavity to the anus
five basic structures of the GI tract
Oral cavity
Esophagus
Stomach (gastric)
Small intestine (enteric)
Large intestine (enteric)
