Exam One Flashcards
One stomach
One stomach
How many types of GI tracts
3
Special GI tract that allows for high fiber
Ruminant
Digestion after small intestine
Hindgut fermenter
Path of food in monogastric animals
Esophagus stomach Small intestine Cecum Large intestine
Purpose of understanding digestive system
Recognizing and preventing diet issues
Diet of monogastrics
Omnivore or Carnivore
Did not evolve on high fiber diet
Tube from mouth to anus
GI tract
Not part of the GI tract but still plays a role
Liver and pancreas
Livers role
Secretes bile that aids in fat digestion
Pancreas purpose
Secretes buffers to regulate ph from stomach acids
Enzymes into small intestine
Digestion
Chemical and mechanical breakdown of the feed
Chemical digestion
Enzymes are catalysts that speed up the reaction
Mechanical digestion and
Chewing and muscular contraction
Absorption
Nutrients pass from GI tract into the blood
Prehension
Bringing into the mouth
Why are taste buds important?
Toxic tester
Mastication
Chewing
Incisors
Teeth used for cutting
Molars
Teeth used for chewing
Purpose of saliva
Moistens and lubricates food
What keeps animals from choking
Windpipe is temporarily blocked when swallowing
Action that move food through stomach
Peristalsis
Allows for passage from esophagus to stomach and keeps stomach acid from coming back up
Spinchter
Vomiting
Forceful expulsion
Only GI tract that allows vomiting
Monogastric
Purpose of hydrochloric acid
Kills bacteria
Purpose of mucous lining in stomach
Protection from damage
Ulcer
Damage to lining in stomach
Why is the stomach in constant motion
Mixing the contents
What passes quickly through the stomach
Water
What passes slowly through the stomach
Dietary fats
How long do materials stay in the stomach
Up to a day in omnivores
Shorter time for carnivores and horses
Chyme
Substance exiting the stomach after the food has been mixed with the digestive enzymes
Major site of digestion in monogastrics
Small intestine
Where does absorption of nutrients occur?
Small intestine
Lumen
Central portion of a tube or other hollow organ
Parts of the small intestine
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
Duodenum
First part of small intestine
Jejunum
Middle section of small intestine
Ileum
Last part
Why is the role played out in the duodenum so crucial?
The enzymes and buffers secretes by the pancreas enter the small intestine here and must bring the pH levels back to normal or damage could occur
Where is bile stored?
Gall bladder
What secretes bile,
The liver
What is the small intestine lined with?
Villi and micro villi
Purpose of villi and microvilli
Increase surface area
Effects of damage to the SI
Affects ability to absorb nutrients
Peristalsis in SI
Moves digests through as digestion and absorption occur