Digestive System Flashcards

1
Q

Where does plant material gets broken down by in the cow

A

The Rumen

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2
Q

What’s transports food from the mouth to the stomach

A

Oesophagus

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3
Q

What is the material that leaves the stomach called

A

Chyme

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4
Q

What enzyme breaks down fat

A

Lipase

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5
Q

The longest part to the small intestine

A

Jejunum

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6
Q

What do you call an animal that chews its cud

A

Ruminant

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7
Q

What is the sphincter at the distal end of the stomach called

A

Pyloric sphincter

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8
Q

What is the emptying time of a dogs stomach? A cats stomach?

A

6-8 hours dogs and 4-6 hours in cats

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9
Q

What transports bile from the gall bladder to the small intestine

A

Common bile duct

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10
Q

Where does digestion mostly take place in carnivores

A

Duodenum

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11
Q

How does food move along intestinal tract

A

?? Find in book

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12
Q

The process of breaking down food into smaller molecules by enzymes is

A

Chemical digestion

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13
Q

What organ produces these enzymes

A

Pancreas

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14
Q

What’s organ is responsible for processing’s the products of digestion’s

A

The liver

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15
Q

The functions of the liver

A

Responsible for irons and vitamin storage, for bile formation, urea formation, drug metabolism, removing bacteria from the blood

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16
Q

Function of saliva

A

To moisten and lubricate food matter to aid swallowing

17
Q

What can cause excessive salivation

A

Poison or toxin

18
Q

Main section of the stomach is called?

A

Body

19
Q

Sphincter at the end of the stomach

A

Pyloric sphincter

20
Q

Sphincter at the beginning of the stomach

A

Cardiac sphincter

21
Q

How many hours till a dogs and cats stomach empty’s

A

6-8 hours in dogs

4-6 hours in cats

22
Q

What’s a ruminant

A

Animals that’s chew their cud and 4 parts to their stomach

23
Q

Main site of digestion

A

Small intestine

24
Q

Duodenum what is it

A

The first part of the small intestine and the major digestive organ

25
Q

Jejunum what is it

A

Longest part of small intestine

26
Q

Ileum what is it

A

Short part of small intestine and joins to large intestine

27
Q

What’s the main site of absorption in small intestine

A

Jejunum and ileum

28
Q

Three sections of the large intestine

A

Caecum colon and rectum

29
Q

Main functions of large intestine

A

Water and electrolyte recovery and storage of faeces

30
Q

What’s peristalisis

A

The process of food moving through the digestive tubing

31
Q

Amylase does what

A

Breaks down starch

32
Q

Lipase does what

A

Breaks down fat

33
Q

Trypsinogen does what

A

Breaks down protein into amino acids

34
Q

What’s the gall bladder do and where is it located

A

Located against the causes aspect of the liver and the bile duct carried bile to the duodenum

35
Q

4 Liver functions

A

Iron storage, vitamin storage, drug metabolism and urea formation

36
Q

What’s the caecum

A

Lines between small intestine and colon it is functionless in carnivores

37
Q

What’s the colon and where?

A

Large intestine, storAge of faeces

38
Q

The two important blood supplies to the liver

A

Blood from sorts and hepatic portal system

39
Q

Function of pylorus

A

Allows small amount of food enter the duodenum in intervals