CHAPTER 33 ANIMAL NUTRITION Flashcards
herbivores
eat mainly plants and algae (flat teeth
carnivores
eat other animals (sharp teeth)
omnivores
regulatory consume animals (flat teeth in the back, sharp in the front)
what are the four essential nutrients
fatty acids, amino acids, vitamins, minerals
fatty acids
converted into a variety of cellular components, such as membrane phospholipids, signaling molecules, storage fats
unsaturated fats = kinky bond= liquid at room temp
saturated fats = complete bonds = solid at room temp
amino acid
animal sources provide amino acids, building blocks of protein
vitamins
organic molecules required in the diet, in small amounts A,C,D
minerals
simple inorganic nutrients required in small amounts like iron
main stages of food processing
ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination
ingestion
the act of eating or feeding
bulk feeders
eat large pieces of food (snakes)
fluid feeders
suck nutrients rich fluid from host, mosquitoes
substrate feeders
live in or on their food, catapillers
filter feeders
strain small food particles, fish
digestion
is the process of breaking food down into molecules small enough to absorb
what are the two types of digestion?
mechanical and chemical
mechanical digestion
chewing