Animal Digestion

The process of breaking down food into simple substances that the body can use.

• Absorption

• Digestion

• Rumination

• Villi

The process of taking the digested parts of food into the bloodstream

• Absorption

• Digestion

• Rumination

• Villi

Consists of the parts of the body involved in chewing and digesting food.

• Gizzard

• Digestive system

• Mouth

• Bile

How many types of digestive systems are there?

• one

• two

• three

• four

A simple digestive system, that contains a single-chambered stomach.

• Monogastric

• Ruminant

• Pseudo-ruminant

• Avian

A polygastric digestive system, contains one large stomach divided into four compartments

• Monogastric

• Ruminant

• Pseudo-ruminant

• Avian

The type of digestive system found in animals that eat large amounts of roughages but do not have stomachs with several compartments.

• Monogastric

• Ruminant

• Pseudo-ruminant

• Avian

This digestive system is the type found in poultry.

• Monogastric

• Ruminant

• Pseudo-ruminant

• Avian

A muscular organ that stores ingested food and moves it into the small intestine

• Esophagus

• Stomach

• Liver

• Small intestine

What percent of the roughages fed to ruminants are digested?

• 35%

• 44%

• 50%

• 64%