Animal Digestion

An animal with a four-chambered stomach that consumes large quantities of plant material (cattle, sheep, goats)

• Ruminant
• Avian
• Monogastric

Single - stomached animals (pigs, horses)

• Ruminant
• Monogastric
• Avian

These animals have three separate stomachs, and use rocks to grind their food. (another word for birds)

• Ruminant
• Avian
• Mongastric

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Largest part of the ruminant digestive system. Solid material is fermented by bacteria

• Rumen
• Reticulum
• Omasum
• Abomasum

This ruminant organ adds water and saliva until food is the right consistency. Catches non-digestibles.

• rumen
• reticulum
• omasum
• abomasum

This ruminant organ grinds, squeezes, and sorts food. It is full of folds of muscle, like the pages of a book.

• rumen
• reticulum
• omasum
• abomasum

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

• Rumen
• Reticulum
• Omasum
• Abomasum

This organ is found in horses and rabbits, and this is where bacterial digestion occurs here before food moves to the small intestine.

• cecum
• stomach
• proventriculus
• Omasum

This is the true stomach of the avian digestive system: food is mixed, broken down, and absorbed

• proventriculus
• gizzard
• crop

This part of the avian digestive system is very muscular and uses rocks and grit to grind and crush feed.

• proventriculus
• crop
• gizzard