Digestive Urogenital Eye Ear Lecture

Question 1

True or False: The esophagus has nothing to do with digestion

Answer 1

True- its primary function is to move food from the mouth to the stomach

Question 2

Define peristalsis

Answer 2

Describes movement- esophagus contracts and relaxes periodically in order to move food.

Question 3

1st sphincter

Answer 3

cardiac ostium

Question 4

1st part of stomach

Answer 4

fundus

Question 5

2nd part of stomach

Answer 5

body

Question 6

Path of digestion

Answer 6

Mouth, esophagus, cardiac ostium, stomach, pylorus, small intestine (3 parts: duodenum, jejunum, ileum), cecum(appendix), large intestine (colon), rectum, anus,

Question 7

What are the three parts of the small intestine

Answer 7

duodenum
jejunum
ileum

Question 8

True or False: Equidae are hind gut fermenters

Answer 8

True. Fermentation happens in cecum and first part of the colon. Hindgut is 61% of the digestive system

Question 9

Ruminants

Answer 9

Stomach
Reticulum- first part of the stomach, returns the food to the mouth and traps foreign material

Question 10

Why would you feed a cow a magnet

Answer 10

Gathers foreign material in the reticulum

Question 11

Where does fermentation happen in ruminants

Answer 11

rumen- bacteria breaking down plant parts. Can take healthy rumen from healthy cows and give to sick cows to restart healthy fermentation

Question 12

Omasum

Answer 12

(bible) filter that keeps plant material in the rumen and lets small particles and fluid pass

Question 13

Abomasum

Answer 13

(true stomach) similar functions to our stomach

Question 14

biggest organ

Answer 14

liver- detoxifies blood, has coagulation factor, also does bile

Question 15

How many lobes does the liver have

Answer 15

6

Question 16

True or false: the liver contains the gallbladder

Answer 16

true

Question 17

Function of the gallbladder

Answer 17

reservoir of bile when it is not needed

Question 18

Unit of the kidney

Answer 18

nephron

Question 19

Where is blood filtered in the kidney

Answer 19

Glomerulus

Question 20

Female sex hormones

Answer 20

estrogen

Question 21

Pregnancy promoting hormone

Answer 21

progesterone

Question 22

What produces milk in the mammary gland

Answer 22

alveoli

Question 23

Lymphatic system function

Answer 23

defense system

Question 24

Thymus

Answer 24

Important in young animals because one of the principal organs for the production of immune system. Reduces as gets older.

Question 25

Differentiate between malignant and benign

Answer 25

malignant- systemic/spreading
benign- local

Question 26

Spleen

Answer 26

helps clean parasites and blood. Attached to the stomach. Full of blood.