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Digestion Flashcards

1
Q

What is prehension?

A

Catching food

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2
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What is digestion?

A

the process of converting complex nutrients into forms that can be absorbed

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3
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What is mastication?

A

Chewing

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4
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What two types of digestion are there?

A

Chemical and microbial

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5
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What type of digestion do carnivores have?

A

Chemical

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6
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T/F Carnivores have an 80-90% meat based diet.

A

True

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7
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T/F Omnivores must digest meat and highly digestible plant components.

A

True

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8
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T/F Grains are fruits are hard to digest.

A

False

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9
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What kind of digestion do omnivores have?

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Chemical and microbial (species dependent and very limited) digestion

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10
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What is an example of a forage or rufage?

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Hay, fruit

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11
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Low digestible plant components are what?

A

high fiber and cellulose

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12
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What is a herbivore’s PRIMARY type of digestion?

A

Microbial

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13
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A dog, pig, cat, and human have a what tract?

A

Monogastric

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14
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A cow has a what tract?

A

Ruminant

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15
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A horse has a what tract?

A

Non-ruminant or Hindgut Fermenter

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16
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A bird has a what tract?

A

Modified monogastric

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17
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What is the mouth’s purpose?

A

Mastication, saliva,

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18
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What is the esophagus’ purpose?

A

Transport

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19
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What is the stomach’s purpose in a monogastric and non-ruminant?

A

Chemical digestion

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20
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What is the stomach’s purpose in a ruminant?

A

Microbial digestion

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21
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What is the small intestine’s purpose?

A

Digestion and little absorption

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22
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What is the cecum’s purpose in a monogastric and ruminant?

A

blind pouch

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23
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What is the cecum’s purpose in a non-ruminant?

A

Microbial digestion

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24
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What is the large intestine’s purpose in a monogastric, ruminant, non-ruminant, and modified monogastric?

A

Water absorption

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25
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What is the crop’s purpose?

A

Moistening

26
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What is the proventriculus’ purpose?

A

Chemical digestion

27
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What is the gizzard’s purpose?

A

Mastication

28
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What is the cloaca?

A

3 way hole

29
Q

What are the four parts of a ruminant’s stomach?

A

Rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum

30
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What four gastric glands are there?

A

Mucous cells, parietal cells, chief cells, and G cells

31
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Mucous cells

A

secrete alkaline mucus that protects the epithelium against shear stress and acid

32
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Parietal cells

A

secrete hydrochloric acid

33
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Chief cells

A

secrete pepsinogen (proteolytic enzyme)

34
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G cells

A

secrete gastrin

35
Q

Gastric glands are located where?

A

the stomach

36
Q

What does the proximal section of the small intestine do?

A

Chemical digestion

37
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What does the distal section of the small intestine do?

A

Nutrients absorption

38
Q

What is the gall bladder?

A

storage of bile (digestion of fats)

39
Q

What is pancreatic secretion?

A

amylase, lipase, protease, bicarbonate

40
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What is amylase?

A

Complex sugars

41
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What is lipase?

42
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What is protease?

43
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What is bicarbonate?

44
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Amylase turns what into what?

A

Complex carbohydrates into glucose

45
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Protease turns what into what

A

Proteins into amino acids

46
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Lipase turns what into what?

A

Complex lipids into fatty acids

47
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The reticulum has a what patter?

48
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The rumen has a what patter?

49
Q

The abomasum has a what pattern?

A

layers (pages of a book)

50
Q

The omasum has a what pattern?

51
Q

What gives structure to plants?

52
Q

T/F Lignin is easy to digest

53
Q

VFA’s stand for what?

A

Volatile fatty acids

54
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T/F VFA’s go through the rumen’s papillae to get into the bloodstream

55
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Bacteria turns into what VFA

56
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Protozoa turns into what VFA?

A

propionate

57
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Fungi turns into what VFA?

58
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In ruminants, the what directs milk to the abomasum?

A

esophageal groove

59
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What diet helps develop the rumen better?

A

milk and grain

60
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Cecotrophy/coprotrophy

A

eating poop :o

61
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Where does fermentation happen in non-ruminants?

A

large intestine

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