Digestive System Rabbit

Question 1

as an herbivore, is uniquely designed to consume large amount of plant material

Answer 1

rabbit

Question 2

Their digestive system is designed to make the most efficient use of nutrients found in their diet, so the food moves through the track relatively quick

Answer 2

rabbit

Question 3

high in fiber, which is indigestible to mammalian digestive enzymes

Answer 3

plant

Question 4

Functions of the digestive system (5)

Answer 4

➢Receive ingested food
➢Temporary food storage
➢Mechanical and chemical food breakdown
➢Absorption of nutrients and water
➢Elimination of undigested food and excretory waste and by-products

Question 5

include the mouth, pharynx (throat), esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus

what tract

Answer 5

digestive tract

Question 6

include the tongue, teeth, oral glands, pancreas, liver and gallbladder

Answer 6

accessory digestive structures

Question 7

process of breaking food components into small enough units that they can be absorbed across the digestive tract wall

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digestion

Question 8

divides the liver into right and left lobes

Answer 8

falciform ligament

Question 9

how many lobes of liver in rabbit

Answer 9

four lobes

Question 10

produces amino acids, filters the blood, converts harmful substances into harmless ones, and helps to regulate blood sugar

Answer 10

liver

Question 11

Produces bile, which emulsifies fat during digestion

Answer 11

liver

Question 12

– stores bile

Answer 12

gallbladder

Question 13

bolus travels down this, located in the thoracic cavity and is best examined during observation of circulatory system

Answer 13

esophagus

Question 14

Stomach – consist of four portion

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Cardia
Fundus
Body
Pylorus

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Digestive System Diagram Label

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portion of the stomach where the stomach joins the esophagus

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cardia

Question 17

separates the esophagus from the stomach

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cardiac sphincter

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Malfunction of this is a cause of acid reflux in humans

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cardiac sphincter

Question 19

part of the stomach that lies to the left side of the esophagus

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fundus

Question 20

main portion of the stomach

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body

Question 21

lies to the right of the esophagus and terminates in the pyloric sphincter

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pyloric

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separates the stomach from the duodenum

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pyloric sphincter

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Question 24

mixture that is formed in the stomach when the bolus is mixed with digestive secretions

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chyme

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folds of the stomach

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rugae

Question 26

located on the greater curvature of the stomach, the larger convex curve, small dark reddish-brown organ

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spleen

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function of spleen

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Since birth, red blood cells and lymphocytes are present, also in the postnatal period, the spleen is an organ of lymphopoiesis and protects the body against cells and genetically foreign substances, and also participates in humoral immune responses

Question 28

Part of the lymphatic system and designed to filter blood

Answer 28

spleen

Question 29

first part of the small intestine, where the common bile duct from the liver and gallbladder and the pancreatic duct from the pancreas meet the small intestine to release additional enzymes to continue the process of digestion

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duodenum

Question 30

sections of the intestine, which are difficult to distinguish

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jejunum and ileum

Question 31

caudal end of the ileum that is modified into a round muscular enlargement

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sacculus rotundus

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Structure found only in rabbits, large amount of lymphoid tissue and is involved in the immune system

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sacculus rotundus

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lines the small intestine with thousands of circular folds

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plicae circulares

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small projections in the small intestine

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villi

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projection in each villus

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microvillus

Question 36

small intestine ends here (valve)

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ilieocecal valve

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pinkish-brown, somewhat granular mass, open to the small intestine through the pancreatic duct at the caudal end of the duodenum

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pancreas

Question 38

function of pancreas

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Buffers are secreted from the pancreas into the small intestine to increase the pH to a more neutral level,

Question 39

connection between the cecum and the colon

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ampulla cecalis coli

Question 40

first section of the colon where special contractions separate the more digestive from the less digestible materials and force the nutritious components back to the cecum

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proximal coli

Question 41

rougher materials go to here once it passes through the proximal colon

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distal colon

Question 42

large, coiled blind sac that extends from the sacculus rotundus, makes up a larger proportion of digestive tract in rabbits than in any other group of animals

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cecum

Question 43

material from the cecum is released into this, where it is coated in mucus and excreted through the anus

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colon

Question 44

soft balls in the anus, also known as night feces or soft feces

Answer 44

cecotropes

Question 45

cattle and other ruminants are what kind of fermenters

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foregut fermenters

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type of fermentation in rabbit

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hindgut fermentation

Question 47

Rabbit colon can be divided into (3)

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ascending transverse descending

Question 48

marks the division between the proximal and distal colon

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fusus coli

Question 49

Helps regulate the complex events that move materials either forward or backward and that determine whether cecotropes or dry feces are produced

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fusus coli

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pouches located in the beginning section of the proximal colon

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haustra

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longitudinal bands in the proximal colon

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taenia

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part of the colon that is long, twisted tube that terminates with the rectum

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distal colon

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both cecotropes and dry feces exit this

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anus

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Question 55

function of incisor

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cut food

Question 56

how many rabbit incisors

Answer 56

six incisors

Question 57

s a relatively large structure that lies dorsal to the soft palate, thereby allowing air directly from the nasopharynx to the laryn

Answer 57

rabbit

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view labelled pics

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