DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Flashcards
seizing and conveying of feed into the mouth
PREHENSION
principal prehensile structures
lips (beak in birds)
teeth
tongue
prehensile structures: cattle
tongue and lower incisors.
prehensile structures: horses and sheep
lips and teeth
possess a complete set of incisors and molars
pig and horse
chewing;
mechanical breakdown of feed into finer particles;
allows the feed to be well mixed with saliva to facilitate swallowing
mastication
mixing of feed with saliva;
greatest during feeding, mastication, remastication in ruminants.
insalivation
lubricates the feed bolus, adds small amounts of amylase, and because of its alkalinity and large volume, buffers the pH in the rumen
saliva
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
digestion
a complex protein produced in living cells that causes changes in other substances within the body without being changes itself (organic catalyst)
enzymes
enzyme of saliva
salivary amylase/ptyalin
enzymes of rumen
microbial cellulose
microbial amylase
microbial proteases
microbial urease
enzyme of stomach, abomasum, and proventriculus
pepsin
enzymes of pancreas (enzymes are secreted into the duodenum)
trypsin
chymotrypsin
carboxypeptidase
starch to maltose; begins the initial digestion of sugars and starch
salivary amylase/ptyalin
cellulose to volatile fatty acids
microbial cellulose
starch to volatile fatty acids and lactic acid
microbial amylase
protein to amino acids and NH3
microbial proteases
urea to CO2 and NH3
microbial urease
protein to polypeptides
pepsin
protein to peptides and amino acids
trypsin
chymotrypsin
carboxypeptidase
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.
ABSORPTION
PARTS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
- mouth and buccal cavity
- pharynx
- esophagus
- stomach
- small intestine
- large intestine
- accessory glands
3 divisions of small intestine
- duodenum
- jejunum
- ileum
3 sections of large intestine
- cecum
- colon
- rectum
what are the accessory glands?
pancreas
liver
for prehension, mastication and insalivation;
used in bolus formation in ruminants;
has 3 accessory glands
- mouth and buccal cavity
3 accessory glands of mouth and buccal cavity
- tongue
- teeth
- salivary glands
grasping of food
- tongue
mastication of food
- teeth
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
- salivary glands