Quiz 1

Question 1

is the form of carbohydrates found in circulating blood (blood sugar) and is the primary carbohydrate used by the body for energy production​

Answer 1

Glucose

Question 2

is the site of digestive tract fermentation in rabbits​

Answer 2

Cecal

Question 3

are the sites of digestive tract fermentation in elephants​

Answer 3

Ceco colonic

Question 4

are the sites of digestive tract fermentation in horses​

Answer 4

Colonic

Question 5

is the site of digestive tract fermentation in cattle​

Answer 5

Rumen

Question 6

is the site of digestive tract fermentation in sheep​

Answer 6

Rumen

Question 7

are often referred to as simple sugars (e.g., glucose) and cannot be hydrolyzed into simpler compounds​

Answer 7

Monosaccharides

Question 8

produces energy in a reverse process to that of photosynthesis in plants

Answer 8

Animal metabolism

Question 9

is the major site of digestion and absorption in monogastric animals​

Answer 9

small intestine

Question 10

are carbohydrates classified with three to fifteen monosaccharides​

Answer 10

Oligosaccharides

Question 11

functions as a portal or storage of consumed feed and initiates the breakdown of nutrients​

Answer 11

Stomach

Question 12

is found along with disaccharide lactose in mammalian milk and is released during digestion​

Answer 12

Galactose

Question 13

are made up of two monosaccharides bonded together by a glycosidic (covalent) bond​

Answer 13

Disaccharides

Question 14

helps in bolus formation and softening of feed, as well as antibacterial action​

Answer 14

Saliva

Question 15

cannot digest cellulose because they do not produce the cellulase enzyme that can split β-D-Glucose​

Answer 15

Monogastric animals

Question 16

are carbohydrates classified with large polymers of simple sugars​

Answer 16

Polysaccharides

Question 17

plays a role in detoxification of different metabolites, storage of many vitamins and minerals, and is the largest gland central to nutrient digestion and assimilation​

Answer 17

liver

Question 18

are small finger-like projections lining the intestinal mucosa, enhancing surface area and absorptive capability​

Answer 18

Villi

Question 19

are made by bonding together three or more monosaccharides

Answer 19

Oligosaccharides

Question 20

is the principal sugar form of carbohydrate in cereal grains, with the basic unit being α-D-Glucose​

Answer 20

Starch

Question 21

are the most important carbohydrate in animal feed, composed of many single monosaccharide units linked together in long, complex chains​

Answer 21

Polysaccharides

Question 22

is the simplest of the polysaccharides, being comprised solely of glucose units joined in an alpha 1,4 linkage​

Answer 22

Amylose

Question 23

found in ripened fruits and honey, is formed by the digestion of disaccharide sucrose​

Answer 23

Fructose

Question 24

is the major form of starch in plant cells​

Answer 24

Amylopectin

Question 25

is the largest compartment of the stomach in ruminants, acting as a fermentation vat subdivided into sacs by thick muscular boundaries​

Answer 25

Rumen

Question 26

differs in how the glucose units are joined together, with alpha 1,4 and alpha 1,6 linkages​

Answer 26

Amylopectin

Question 27

is a form of starch found in animal tissue, called animal starch​

Answer 27

Glycogen

Question 28

are components of plant cell walls, containing a mix of pentose and hexose sugars​

Answer 28

Heteropolysaccharides

Question 29

is decarboxylated, and the 2 H ions are picked up by NAD+, providing two molecules of NADH​

Answer 29

Pyruvate

Question 30

is the most abundant carbohydrate in nature, providing structural integrity to plant cell walls

Answer 30

Cellulose

Question 31

is also called the honeycomb because it is lined with a mucous membrane subdividing the surface into honeycomb-like compartments​

Answer 31

Reticulum

Question 32

discovered the Krebs Cycle​

Answer 32

Hans Krebs