Monogastric Digestive System

Question 1

Prehension

Answer 1

The action of bringing in food

Question 2

Organs involved in prehension

Answer 2

Hands (only humans have hands included)
Lips
Incisor
Tongue

Question 3

Mastication

Answer 3

The act of mechanically breaking down food

Question 4

Organs involved in mastication

Answer 4

Incisors 
Canines 
Premolars/Molars 
Tongue
Salivary gland 
Esophagus

Question 5

Digestion

Answer 5

the process by which large, complex nutrient molecules are broken down into simpler molecules capable of being used by the organism for food

Question 6

Parts of the monogastric digestive system

Answer 6

Hands
Mouth 
Esophagus 
Small Intestine 
Cecum 
Large Intestine

Question 7

Monogastric digestive system’s small intestine function

Answer 7

enzymatic digestion of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats; absorption of end products of digestion (nutrients)

Question 8

The small intestine is split into 3 parts

Answer 8

Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum

Question 9

Duodenum function

Answer 9

Most digestion occurs

Question 10

Jejunum function

Answer 10

Some digestion and some absorption occur

Question 11

Ileum function

Answer 11

Mostly aborption (of nutrients)

Question 12

Bile

Answer 12

Made in liver, stored in gall bladder, active in small intestine, emulsifies to aid in digestion

Question 13

Cecum function

Answer 13

Essentially non-functioning in many monogastrics

Question 14

Large intestine function

Answer 14

Bacterial activity, water absorption, waste storage