Digestive System

What is the process of breaking feed down into simpler substances?

• Absorption

• Metabolism

• Digestion

• Catabolism

What is the main site of nutrient absorption?

• Stomach

• Small Intestine

• Large Intestine

• Reticulum

What are organic catalysts that help speed up the digestive process?

• Enzymes

• Minerals

• Amino acids

• Hormones

What is the largest part of the ruminant stomach where microbial digestion occurs?

• Abomasum

• Omasum

• Reticulum

• Rumen

What is the honeycomb like part of the ruminant stomach that catches foreign material?

• Abomasum

• Omasum

• Reticulum

• Rumen

What is the part of the ruminant stomach that contains many folds and mainly absorbs water?

• Abomasum

• Omasum

• Reticulum

• Rumen

What is the "true" ruminant stomach where enzymatic digestion occurs?

• Abomasum

• Omasum

• Reticulum

• Rumen

Found in mouth; acts on starch changing it to maltose

• Gastic juice, pepsin

• Gastric juice, hydrochloric acid

• Salivary maltase

• Salivary amylase

Found in mouth; acts on maltose changing it to glucose

• Gastric juice, pepsin

• Gastic juice, hydrochloric acid

• Salivary maltase

• Salivary amylase

Found in stomach; stops the action of salivary amylase

• Gastric juice, hydrochloric acid

• Gastric juice, pepsin

• Gastric juice, rennin

• Gastric juice, gastric lipase