Chapter 12

Question 1

Omnivore Digestion (swine)

Answer 1

Simple stomached

Eat both animal and plant

Question 2

Mouth of swine

Answer 2

Used primarily for grinding feed (mechanical)
Saliva - pH of 7.4 moistens feed and helps in chewing and swallowing
Produced in 3 pairs of glands - parotid, mandibular and submaxillary

Ptyalin - salivary amylase
Pig is only farm animal with any amount of enzyme
Breaks down starch

Question 3

Stomach of swine

Answer 3

Monogastric
Capacity about 2 gallons
Gastric juices same as for monograstics - mucin, HCL, pepsin

Digestion of protein starts in stomach and ends in SI
Requires 24 hours to empty stomach

Question 4

Small intestine of swine

Answer 4

About 60 ft long and 2.5 gallons

Function - continue process of digestion with - pancreatic juice: enzymatic, bile: chemical, duodenal juice: enzymatic, movement of intestinal Wall: mechanical

Absorption in jejunum and small amount In ileum

Question 5

Omnivore Digestion (swine)

Answer 5

Simple stomached

Eat both animal and plant

Question 6

Mouth of swine

Answer 6

Used primarily for grinding feed (mechanical)
Saliva - pH of 7.4 moistens feed and helps in chewing and swallowing
Produced in 3 pairs of glands - parotid, mandibular and submaxillary

Ptyalin - salivary amylase
Pig is only farm animal with any amount of enzyme
Breaks down starch

Question 7

Stomach of swine

Answer 7

Monogastric
Capacity about 2 gallons
Gastric juices same as for monograstics - mucin, HCL, pepsin

Digestion of protein starts in stomach and ends in SI
Requires 24 hours to empty stomach

Question 8

Small intestine of swine

Answer 8

About 60 ft long and 2.5 gallons

Function - continue process of digestion with - pancreatic juice: enzymatic, bile: chemical, duodenal juice: enzymatic, movement of intestinal Wall: mechanical

Absorption in jejunum and small amount In ileum