DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Flashcards

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1
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seizing and conveying of feed into the mouth

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PREHENSION

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principal prehensile structures

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lips (beak in birds)
teeth
tongue

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prehensile structures: cattle

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tongue and lower incisors.

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prehensile structures: horses and sheep

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lips and teeth

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possess a complete set of incisors and molars

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pig and horse

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chewing;
mechanical breakdown of feed into finer particles;
allows the feed to be well mixed with saliva to facilitate swallowing

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mastication

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mixing of feed with saliva;

greatest during feeding, mastication, remastication in ruminants.

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insalivation

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lubricates the feed bolus, adds small amounts of amylase, and because of its alkalinity and large volume, buffers the pH in the rumen

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saliva

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9
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mechanical breakdown of feed and the consequent chemical changes brought about by digestive juices, bacteria, and protozoa;
breakdown of feed particles into suitable products for absorption

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digestion

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a complex protein produced in living cells that causes changes in other substances within the body without being changes itself (organic catalyst)

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enzymes

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enzyme of saliva

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salivary amylase/ptyalin

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12
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enzymes of rumen

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microbial cellulose
microbial amylase
microbial proteases
microbial urease

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13
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enzyme of stomach, abomasum, and proventriculus

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pepsin

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enzymes of pancreas (enzymes are secreted into the duodenum)

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trypsin
chymotrypsin
carboxypeptidase

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15
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starch to maltose; begins the initial digestion of sugars and starch

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salivary amylase/ptyalin

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cellulose to volatile fatty acids

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microbial cellulose

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17
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starch to volatile fatty acids and lactic acid

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microbial amylase

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protein to amino acids and NH3

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microbial proteases

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19
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urea to CO2 and NH3

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microbial urease

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20
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protein to polypeptides

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pepsin

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21
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protein to peptides and amino acids

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trypsin
chymotrypsin
carboxypeptidase

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transfer of substance from gastro intestinal tract (GIT) to the circulatory (blood or lymph) system;
occurs when nutrients are broken down to very small molecules to their basic units with the action of enzymes;
occurs primarily in the small and large intestine.

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ABSORPTION

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PARTS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

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  1. mouth and buccal cavity
  2. pharynx
  3. esophagus
  4. stomach
  5. small intestine
  6. large intestine
  7. accessory glands
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3 divisions of small intestine

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  1. duodenum
  2. jejunum
  3. ileum
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3 sections of large intestine

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  1. cecum
  2. colon
  3. rectum
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26
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what are the accessory glands?

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pancreas

liver

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27
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for prehension, mastication and insalivation;
used in bolus formation in ruminants;
has 3 accessory glands

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  1. mouth and buccal cavity
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3 accessory glands of mouth and buccal cavity

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  1. tongue
  2. teeth
  3. salivary glands
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29
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grasping of food

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  1. tongue
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mastication of food

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  1. teeth
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31
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produvced saliva w/c contains water to moisten food;
mucin to lubricate food for easy swallowing; bicarbonates salts to buffer(regulate pH);
salivary amylase to start carbohydrate digestion

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  1. salivary glands
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32
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common passage for air and feed

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pharynx

33
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the inspired air crosses to the pharynx to enter the …

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larynx

34
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the feed crosses the pharynx to enter the ….

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esophagus

35
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muscular tube which connects the stomach to the mouth;

allows passage of food from mouth to stomach.

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esophagus

36
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muscular organ w/c is the site for feed storage, grinding, and mixing of feed, absorption, enzymatic action and microbial fermantation.

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stomach

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3 majoir functions of stomach:

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  1. storage of ingested feed,
  2. mechanical breakdown,
  3. production of HCL, enzymes and mucus
38
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an active site of digestion that receives secretions from the pancreas, liver and intestinal walls.

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duodenum

39
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middle section of small intestine that is involved in nutrient absorption.

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jejunum

40
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last section of small intestine;

also involved in nutrient absorption

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ileum

41
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continue protein hydrolysis

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proteolytic enzymes

42
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converts starch to maltose

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pancreatic amylase

43
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reduce dipeptides to single amino acids

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peptidase enzymes

44
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produced by the liver, stored and secreted by the gall bladder(not present in the horse);
aids digestion in the small intestine by emulsifying fat particles

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bile

45
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enhance digestion in small intestine (4)

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proteolytic enzymes
pancreatic amylase
peptidase enzymes
bile

46
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first section of large intestine w/c is relatively large in the horse and rabbit;
when well developed as in the horse contains many bacterial w/c produced enzymes that digest fiber

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cecum

47
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middle section of large intestine w/c is involved in reabsorption of water;
length is related to amount of water reabsorption
e.i., very long in the desert rat

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colon

48
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last section of large intestine

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rectum

49
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produces digestive enzyme needed in the digestive processes that take place in small intestine

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pancreas

50
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secretes bile needed for emulsification of fat in the small intestine

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liver

51
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types of animals based on their stomach structure

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  1. monogastric
  2. modified simple stomach
  3. compound stomach/ ruminants
52
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simple stomach. one compartment;

includes swine and horses

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  1. monogastric
53
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digestive pathway for feeds in monogastrics:

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mouth - esophagus - simple stomach - small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum) - large intestine, (and cecum) - rectum - anus

54
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can be found in poultry species w/ the following modifications: gizzaed, crop, proventriculus

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modified simple stomach

55
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avian GI tract (4)

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mouth
esophagus
proventriculus
gizzard/ventriculus

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avian GI tract
- does not contain teeth, beak used to collect particles of feed and to beak some large particles into smaller pieces;
tongue and salivary glands are present and saliva contain salivary amylase

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mouth

57
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avian GI tract

- include an enlarged area called crop

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esophagus

58
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avian GI tract
- corresponds to the true stomach;
site of HCI and pepsin production in bird

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proventriculus

59
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avian GI tract

- muscular area w/c contains grot; the involuntary muscular contraction aid in the mechanical breakdown of food.

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gizzard/ventriculus

60
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avian GI tract
- temporay storage and moistening of food, as aplace of salivary amylase to work, and as microbial fermantation in some species

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crop

61
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digestive pathway in poultry:

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mouth - esophagus - crop - proventriculus (stomach) - gizzard - small intestine - large intestine (and ceca) - cloaca - vent

62
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general term for those possesing a single stomach compartment (as well as the modified stomach)

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NON-RUMINANT

63
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with 4 compartments (in mature);
able to rapidly ingest and store large quantities of fibrous feeds in their rumen;
able to conver feeds that are ingestible by humans and other monogastrics into useful nutrients and products;
able to utilize fibrous feeds, non-protein N, and they can produce all of the essential amino acids and B-complex vitamins

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  1. compound stomach/ ruminants
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exmaples of compound stomach/ ruminants animals

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cattle
carabao
sheep
goat

65
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digestive pathway in ruminants

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mouth - esophagus - reticulo - rumen - (process of regurgitation, rechewing, reinsalivation, and reswallowing) - reticulo - rumen - omasum - abomasum - small intestine - large intestine (and cecum) - rectum - anus

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the formation of “balls” of feed out of masticated feed particles.

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bolus formation

67
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4 compartments in compound stomach/ ruminants

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  1. rumen
  2. reticulum
  3. omasum
  4. abomasum
68
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main site of microbial fermantation of feeds;
largest of the four compartments;
left side; covered by projections called PAPILLAE
muscular walls secrete no enzymes

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  1. rumen
69
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regulates the passage of feed from the ruman to the succeeding compartments;
aids regurgitation of feed back to the mouth; also site of microbial fermentation

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  1. reticulum
70
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round muscular organ w/c contains many muscular laminae (sometimes calles manyplies);
further grinds and reduces the feed into finer particles before the feed enters the abomasum

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  1. omasum
71
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true stomach of the ruminants

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  1. abomasum
72
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projections that is required for absortion of nutrients

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PAPILLAE

73
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3 major benefits of microbial fermentation in ruminants:

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  1. coversion of cellulose from vegetative materials to VFA as sources of energy
  2. production of microbial protein from feed proteins and non-protein N sources that provide the essential amino acids
  3. synthesis of Vitamin K and the B-Vitamins
74
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2 functions of reticulum

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  1. to move the food into the rumen or omasum

2. collection of dense particles of food and in regurgitation of ingesta during rumination.

75
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process of movement of ingesta back up the esophagus to the mouth for additional mechanical breakdown

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rumination/ “chewing thw cud”

76
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additional unique features of ruminants

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esophageal groove
rumination
eructation

77
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begins at the base of the esophagus and when stimulated by sucking forms a tube w/c empties into the abomasums;
function: direct milk obtained from sucking to escape microbial digestions in the rumen

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esophageal groove

78
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belching of gas;
allows for removal of large volumes of gas produced in the rumen;
contractions of the upper part of the rumen force the gas up the esophagus and from there the gas penetrates into the trachea and lungs

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eructation