Vocab 6.01 ANS 1

Absorption is the process of simple molecules passing through cell membranes of the lining in the small intestine into the _______.

• bloodstream

• stomach

• large intestine

• pancreas

Amino acids are the building blocks of protein that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, and they are essential for growth and maintenance of _______.

• cells

• bones

• hair

• nails

Bolus is a small mass of feed once swallowed in _______.

• stomach

• intestine

• esophagus

• mouth

Chyme is partially digested feed that is acidic, semifluid, gray, and pulpy that is produced in the stomach and sent to the small _______.

• intestine

• colon

• esophagus

• pancreas

Enzymes are organic catalyst substances that speed up the digestive _______.

• processes

• reactions

• systems

• functions

Gastric juice is a liquid that contains water, mucus, hydrochloric acid, and digestive enzymes that are secreted by _______.

• gastric glands

• salivary glands

• pancreas

• liver

Microbes are single-celled organisms that are found in the rumen and reticulum and aid in _______.

• digestion

• respiration

• circulation

• photosynthesis

Peristalsis is involuntary muscular contractions that create wavelike movements to move _______ contents.

• digestive

• respiratory

• circulatory

• nervous

Rumination is the process of forcing feed back up the esophagus to be chewed further to increase digestibility of roughages; occurs only in ruminant animals; also known as “chewing the _______.”

• cud

• grass

• hay

• feed

Villi are small finger-like projections in the intestinal wall that increase the surface area and aid in digestive _______.

• absorption

• secretion

• digestion

• excretion