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
