M1

Question 1

largest and main digestive center

Answer 1

rumen

Question 2

partially chewed grass goes into the large rumen where it is stored and broken down into balls of?

Answer 2

Cud

Question 3

how many quartz of saliva a mature cow produce per day?

Answer 3

50 quarts

Question 4

enzymes that break down fat

Answer 4

salivary lipase

Question 5

break down starch

Answer 5

Salivary amylase

Question 6

saliva’s most important function

Answer 6

Buffer ph levels

Question 7

this functions bidirectionally in ruminants that allow them to regurgitate their cud for further chewing

Answer 7

Esophagus

Question 8

used for fat synthesis

Answer 8

Acetate

Question 9

used for glucose synthesis

Answer 9

propionate

Question 10

the “honeycomb”

Answer 10

reticulum

Question 11

referred to as the “hardware stomach”

Answer 11

reticulum

Question 12

called the “paunch”

Answer 12

rumen

Question 13

Rumen pH

Answer 13

6.5 to 6.8

Question 14

called as the “many plies” or “butcher’s bible”

Answer 14

omasum

Question 15

the true stomach

Answer 15

abomasum

Question 16

abomasum produces… (3)

Answer 16

hydrochloric acid
pepsin
pancreatic lipase

Question 17

Abomasum pH

Answer 17

3.5 to 4.0

Question 18

How feet long is the small intestine? And its galloon capacity in a mature cow?

Answer 18

150 feet, 20 galloon

Question 19

pH needed in the small intestine to work properly, together with the enzymes from pancreas and liver?

Answer 19

2.5 to between 7 and 8

Question 20

finger like projections in the intestinal wall

Answer 20

villi