Poultry digestive system parts and functions

The function of the mouth on a chicken

• Pecks and takes in feed
• Guides food from beak to crop
• true stomach of chicken
• Guides food from esophagus to large intestine

The function of the esophagus on a chicken

• Pecks and takes in feed
• Guides food from beak to crop
• True stomach of chicken
• Mixes juices

The function of the crop 

• Organ that produces bile that acts on fats
• Guides food from beak to crop
• Pecks and takes in feed
• Stores and softens feed from saliva secretions

the proventriculus is the true stomach of a chicken but does it actually serve a true function

• yes
• no

The main function of the gizzard is?

• Excretes wastes
• Feed is crushed and mixed with digestive juices
• Organ that produces bile that acts on fats
• True stomach of chicken

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What does the liver produce?

• Biles that acts on fats
• Biles that act on muscle
• Biles that act on minerals

Function of small intestine

• Mixes juices
• Absorbs water and adds mucus to undigested feed, which then becomes feces

What out of the FOLLOWING is a long tube like structure?

• Large intestine
• Small intestine
• Gizzard 
• Cloaca

Does the ceca contain SOFT or HARD undigested feed 

• Soft
• Hard

Large intestine function is too?

• Contain soft, undigested feed
• Long tube like structure 
• Excrete solid feces
• Absorb water and add mucus to undigested feed , which become feces