Digestion Steps Flashcards
- Esophagus:
Food squeezed down esophagus by _
Peristalsis
Food kept in stomach for _ hours
Several
4.
Along with bile, produced by liver and released by gallbladder, pancreas releases enzyme-rich _
Pancreatic juices
Pancreatic juices digests _ even further
Chyme contents
In carnivores, _ is small chamber at the start of large intestine
Cecum
Cecum absorbs (2)
Salts
Minerals
In herbivores, cecum is larger and more developed to cope with _
Plant-heavy diet
Liver secretes digestive juices and _
Removes toxins from blood
- Large intestine
When chyme reaches large intestine, most nutrients have already been absorbed, leaving
Indigestible food and water
- Large intestine
Water absorbed in _
Blood
- Large intestines
I digested food is processed into _
Feces
_ is last part of large intestine
Rectum
Herbivore cecum large and contains bacteria that aid in _
Plant digestion
Rabbits have _ stomach
Single-chambered
Cows have multiple chambers to _ food
Ferment
Herbivores with multiple-chambered stomach are called _
Ruminants
Rabbits eat _ to get more nutrients from their food
Their droppings
