MLPP Chapter 5-7

Feed taken in by poultry first goes to the _____ where it is softened by saliva and secretions from the walls.

• crop

• gizzard

• esophagus

• stomach

The key to absorption is the small fingerlike projections on the walls of the intestines called:

• sugars

• hairs

• villi

• fatty acids

Nonruminant animals need:

• roughages

• high concentrations of sugar

• extra vitamin supplements

• high energy, low fiber rations

When the rumen is full, the animal:

• drinks lots of water

• lies down

• chews its cud

• both "lies down" and "chews its cud"

The omasum makes up about _____ percent of the stomach.

• 8

• 15

• 18

• 25

________ works on fats in the feed, changing them to fatty acids and glycerol.

• Trypsin

• Bile

• Lipase

• Pancreatic juice

The cecum is also called the:

• stomach

• blind gut

• large intestine

• small intestine

Which of the following is not a main function of the skeletal system?

• provide form for the body

• provide protection for the body

• provide oxygen for the body

• provide support for the body

Which of these is not a type of skeletal system?

• endoskeletal

• thermal

• exoskeletal

• hydraulic

Which bones are found mostly in the head, where they protect the brain?

• long

• short

• flat

• irregular