Digestive Flashcards
Herbivore
eat plants
Carnivore
eat meat
Omnivore
eat meat and plants
Herbivore is the process of converting consumed plant material into useable nutrients and energy is ________on microbial fermentation within the GI tract
Heavily dependent
Carnivore GI tract is responsible for converting consumed meals into nutrients and energy _______ of a microbial fermentation chamber.
without the aid
Ruminants (cattle, sheep, goats)
- Herbivores
- Large microbial fermentation
Nonruminants herbivores (horses) are also called what
Hindgut fermenters
What do nonruminants herbivores have?
extremely well-developed and expansive fermentation chamber
Carnivores have an inconspicuous and small ___ because microbes play an ____ role in breaking down their food
cecum, insignificant
What organ play a part in both lubrication and digestion?
salivary glands
Which is the movement of ingesta from the reticulorumen back into the oral cavity for continued chewing?
rumination
Which animal requires rasping (or floating) of the teeth periodically to remove enamel points?
Horses
Which of the following sugars can be transported across the brush border cell membrane and absorbed into the body?
galactose
Which teeth are described as “cutting teeth” in both carnivores and herbivores?
Premolar
Which is the movement of ingesta from the reticulorumen back into the oral cavity for continued chewing?
rumination
What part of the stomach is responsible for most of the grinding up of swallowed food and regulates hydrochloric acid?
pyloric antrum
Which of the following does not contribute to the protective lining of the stomach wall?
Hydrochloric acid
Which is not a function of the liver?
storage of bile
Function of liver (3)
- synthesizing nutrients
- Regulating their release into the bloodstream
- excreting toxic substances
What is not a function of the digestive tract
filter toxins
You discover a periodontal lesion of the inner surface of the lower right canine tooth. You would record that lesion as being on the ____ surface of the right canine tooth
Lingual
In the adult pig (dental formula: I3/3 C1/1 P4/4 M3/3) how many teeth are in the upper arcade?
22
What part of the pancreas is responsible for producing & “dumping” digestive enzymes into the intestinal tract?
Exocrine
Which teeth in both carnivores and herbivores typically have flatter occlusal surfaces used for grinding?
molars
What cells are located in the pylorus and body of the stomach?
parietal cells, chief cells, and mucous cells
Where and how are volatile fatty acids produced?
rumen by microbes