Digestive Urogenital Eye Ear Lecture Flashcards
True or False: The esophagus has nothing to do with digestion
True- its primary function is to move food from the mouth to the stomach
Define peristalsis
Describes movement- esophagus contracts and relaxes periodically in order to move food.
1st sphincter
cardiac ostium
1st part of stomach
fundus
2nd part of stomach
body
Path of digestion
Mouth, esophagus, cardiac ostium, stomach, pylorus, small intestine (3 parts: duodenum, jejunum, ileum), cecum(appendix), large intestine (colon), rectum, anus,
What are the three parts of the small intestine
duodenum
jejunum
ileum
True or False: Equidae are hind gut fermenters
True. Fermentation happens in cecum and first part of the colon. Hindgut is 61% of the digestive system
Ruminants
Stomach
Reticulum- first part of the stomach, returns the food to the mouth and traps foreign material
Why would you feed a cow a magnet
Gathers foreign material in the reticulum
Where does fermentation happen in ruminants
rumen- bacteria breaking down plant parts. Can take healthy rumen from healthy cows and give to sick cows to restart healthy fermentation
Omasum
(bible) filter that keeps plant material in the rumen and lets small particles and fluid pass
Abomasum
(true stomach) similar functions to our stomach
biggest organ
liver- detoxifies blood, has coagulation factor, also does bile
How many lobes does the liver have
6
True or false: the liver contains the gallbladder
true
Function of the gallbladder
reservoir of bile when it is not needed
Unit of the kidney
nephron
Where is blood filtered in the kidney
Glomerulus
Female sex hormones
estrogen
Pregnancy promoting hormone
progesterone
What produces milk in the mammary gland
alveoli
Lymphatic system function
defense system
Thymus
Important in young animals because one of the principal organs for the production of immune system. Reduces as gets older.
