Animal Disgestion

Bile

Aids in digestion of fats and fatty acids

Avian

Another term for poultry

Anabolism

Formation and repair of body tissues

Villi

Hair-like extensions of stomach lining that increase surface area

rumen

Largest part of the ruminant digestive system. Solid material goes here

Gizzard

Muscular portion of bird stomach, grinds and crushes feed particles

Enzymes

Organic catalysts that speed up digestion

Chyme

Partly digested feed

Alimentary canal

Passage in a body through which food passes from mouth to anus

stomach

Receives feed and adds chemicals that aid in digestion

Crop

Sac-like enlargement of the esophagus in birds used to store food

Absorption

Taking digested parts into the bloodstream

Prehension

The method or way food is delivered to the mouth

Mastication

The process of chewing food

Gastrointestinal tract

The stomach and intestines, the digestive system

Metabolism

The sum of all chemical and physical processes

Ceca

Two blind pouches

Cardia

Valve that prevents food in stomach from reentering esophagus

ruminant

animal with a 4-chambered stomach, consumes large quantities of roughage

cecum

bacterial digestion occurs here in horses

Omasum

grinds and squeezes food

large intestine

large diameter tube, shorter in length, ending rectum

Reticulum

liquid goes here in ruminant animals

Small intestine

long folded tube attached to the lower end of the stomach

mouth

point where food enters the body

Monogastric

simple stomached animals

digestion

the breaking down of food into simple substances that is more readily available to the body for use

rectum

the terminal end of the intestine, ending at the anus

Abomasum

the true stomach of a ruminant animal, majority of digestion occurs here

esophagus

tube-liked passage from mouth to stomach