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Chapter 41: Animal nutrition Flashcards

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herbivores

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eat plants/algae

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carnivores

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eat other animals

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omnivores

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eat both other animals and plants/algae

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ingestion

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eating/ putting food in your mouth

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digestion

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break down food to usable molecule

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enzymatic hydrolysis

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digestive enzymes break chemical bonds; produce water and monomers

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absorption

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cells take up digestive products

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elimination

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removal of unassimilated waste

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bulk feeders

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eat large pieces of food

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fluid feeders

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eat other organisms’ body fluid

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filter feeders

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filter particles from water

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substrate feeders

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live in/on their food

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intracellular digestion

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phagocytosis captures small food particles in a vacuole; digested within cell

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gastrovascular cavity

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functions for digestion and circulation

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extracellular digestion

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gastrodermis secretes enzymes

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alimentary canal

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complete, one-way gut; efficient sequential food processing

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digestive system

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sequential arrangement of specialized segments and accessory glands

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peristalsis

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waves of smooth muscle contraction that move food along

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sphincters

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muscular closures that isolate some segments of the digestive tract

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mouth

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oral cavity; mechanical digestion by chewing

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salivary glands

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stimulated by presence of food; amylase and mucin

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amylase

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enzyme that hydrolyzes starch and glycogen

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tongue

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determines food from not-food; processes and manipulates food to create bolus and move it back for swallowing

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pharynx

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opens to 2 passages: trachea and esophagus

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epiglottis

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cartilage flap that closes trachea during swallowing

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esophagus

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connects the oral cavity to the stomach

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striated muscle (ingestion)

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upper part of esophagus; voluntary swallowing

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smooth muscle (ingestion)

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lower part of esophagus; involuntary peristalsis

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primary roles of the stomach

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store food and continue digestion

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gastric juices (chyme)

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facilitates chemical digestion; made up of HCl (denatures proteins) and pepsin (protease, breaks peptide bonds)

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parietal cells

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secrete H+ and Cl- separately

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chief cells

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secrete pepsinogen (inactive pepsin)

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mucus

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protects the stomach lining

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gastric ulcers

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acid damage to stomach lining caused by bacteria

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mechanical digestion (stomach)

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muscle contractions mix chyme

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bolus

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ball of food that moves through the esophagus

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small intestine

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functions in both digestion and absorption; 6m long

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duodenum

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receives secretions from pancreas, liver, and gall bladder

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pancreas

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neutralizes acidic chyme, secretes proteases, amylases and nucleases

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liver

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produces bile

41
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gall bladder

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stores bile for lipid digestion

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jejunum and ileum

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sites of absorption in small intestine

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villi and microvilli

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folds of small intestine that increase surface area

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large intestine

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colon + cecum + rectum; recovers water

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feces

A

wastes of digestion system

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colon

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water re-absorption

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e. coli

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mutualistic bacteria; 1/3 of dry weight of feces

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rectum

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last section of colon before anus

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digestion of carbohydrates

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begins in the mouth

50
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digestion of protein

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broken down in stomach; turned into amino acids in the lumen of small intestine

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nucleic acid digestion

A

lumen of small intestine

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fat digestion

A

lumen of small intestine (bile)

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gut length adaptations

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herbivores have longer digestive tracts; plant material is harder to digest

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carnivore teeth adaptations

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better developed incisors and canines

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herbivore teeth adaptations

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broad molars for grinding

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omnivore teeth adaptations

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unspecialized teeth

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cellulase

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enzyme that breaks down cellulose; most animals lack

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gut mutualism

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microbes that assist digestion

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ruminants

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elaborate anatomical adaptations to help break down grass in cows, sheep, etc

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vestimentiferans

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deep sea annelids that lack gut; have mutualistic chemoautotrophic bacteria

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homeostatic balance of nutrients

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glycogen hydrolyzed when more energy is need; glycogen stored in liver when intake exceeds need

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essential nutrients

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whatever animals can’t synthesize

63
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essential amino acids

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vary from species to species; humans have 8 (can’t make)

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complete proteins

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animal proteins, all essential amino acids

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incomplete proteins

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plant proteins; <8 essential amino acids

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essential fatty acids

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unsaturated fatty acids that can’t be synthesized

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vitamins

A

cofactors

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water soluble vitamins

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B complex, C

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fat soluble vitamins

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A, D, E, K

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minerals

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any inorganic elements needed for skeleton/physiology/osmotic balance

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undernourishment

A

shortage of food energy

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malnourishment

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shortage of 1 or more essential nutrients

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