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Nutrition in Animals Flashcards

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1
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What are the various compartments of Alimentary Canal?

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  1. Buccal or mouth Cavity
  2. Foodpipe or Oesophagus
  3. Stomach
  4. Small Intestine
  5. Large Intestine
  6. Anus
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What are the various Glands present in our bodies?

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  1. Salivary Glands
  2. Liver
  3. Pancreas
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What is another name of the Alimentary Canal?

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Digestive Tract

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List the two parts Digestive System and what is their role?

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Alimentary Canal: Food Components get digested at various compartments.
Glands: Secret digestive juices.

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What is the process of taking in food called?

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Ingestion

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What are the various types of teeth?

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Incisors, Canine, Pre-Molars, Molars

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If you like Carrots, you have me.
If you like Apple you know me,
If you have me, I save you in fights with your sister?
What type of teeth Am I?

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Incisors- used for cutting, biting the food

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Your loyal animal has it. The king of animals has it. What type of teeth Am I?

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Canine- used for tearing or piercing

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If you want to crush the walnut you have me. I am the one that breaks your candies.
What type of teeth Am I?

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Pre-Molar teeth- used for crushing the food

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10
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You need me to enjoy your favorite meal, your parents ask you to use me more.
What type of teeth Am I?

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Molar Teeth- used for chewing

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Your teachers tell you to use me less, your parents tell you to use me more.
What am I?

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Tongue

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I break the starch into sugars. What Am I?

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Saliva breaks down the starch into sugars.

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I am the one who lets your food in. I decide if your food is allowed or not.
Who am I?

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Esophagus or food pipe - the swallowed food passes through it. It pushes the food downwards

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I am the widest part of the alimentary canal. I l look like J and break down Proteins to make you stronger.
Who am I?

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Stomach- receives food from food pipe and opens to small intestine on the other side.

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How does the stomach digest food?

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The inner lining of the stomach secretes mucous, hydrochloric acid, and digestive juices.
Mucous protects the lining of the stomach
HCl kills any bacteria along with food
Digestive Juices, break down the proteins into simpler substances.

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I am 5 times the size of your height. yet I am called small. What am I?

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Small Intestine. It is 7.5m long and it receives secretions from the liver, pancreas, and also its walls secrete juices.

17
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I am reddish-brown and have the largest gland, what am I?

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Liver

18
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What are the various functions of the Liver?

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It secretes Bile Juices, stored in the gall bladder. Bile plays an important role in the digestion of fats.

19
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What is the role of the Pancreas?

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It secretes juices that act on carbohydrates, fats, and proteins and changes them into simpler substances.

20
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What is the role of intestinal juice?

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The partly digested food reaches the lower part of the small intestines where the intestinal juices complete the digestion of the food.

21
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What are carbohydrates, fats, and proteins are broken into?

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Carbohydrates in Simple sugars such as glucose,
Fats into fatty acids and glycerol,
Proteins into Amino Acids

22
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I am the process that sends your digested food to blood vessels. What am I?

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Absorption is the through which digested food passes into the blood vessels in the walls of the intestine.

23
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What are the finger-like structures that absorb digested food?

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Villi are finger-like structures that increase the surface area of absorption of the digested food.

24
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What is the process through which you receive nutrients in your body?

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Assimilation is the process where absorbed substances are transported via blood vessels to different organs of the body.

25
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Where does the undigested and unabsorbed food go?

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Large intestine

26
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What are the various functions of the Large intestine?

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It absorbs water and some salts from the undigested food material. The remaining waste passes into the rectum.

27
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What is the process of removal of fecal matter?

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Egestion is the process of removal of fecal matter through the anus.

28
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Where do the cows store their food?

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In the rumen.

29
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What is rumination?

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The partially digested food called CUD returns to the mouth in small lumps and the animals chew it. It is called rumination.

30
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What makes Cows different from us?

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They eat grass rich in Cellulose, and bacteria present in rumen help in the digestion of cellulose. Humans do not have that capability.

31
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What is an amoeba?

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Amoeba

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