ANS 1 - Unit 6 Digestion Terms

• The process of breaking feed down into simple substances that can be absorbed by the body

• Have stomachs that are divided into multiple chambers

• Digest large amounts of roughages compared to non-ruminants

• Examples: cattle, goats, and sheep

• Animals that possess a single-compartment stomach

• Examples: monogastric animals, hind-gut fermenters, and avian species

• Cannot typically eat and digest as much roughage as ruminants

• Examples: swine, dogs, cats, and rodents

• Have a developed cecum which contains bacteria to break down the roughage consumed

• Examples: horses, rabbits, and guinea pigs

• Process of simple molecules passing through cell membranes of the lining in the small intestine into the blood

• The building blocks of protein that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, and they are essential for growth and maintenance of cells

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• Small mass of feed once swallowed in animals

• Partially digested feed that is acidic, semifluid, gray, and pulpy that is produced in the stomach and sent to the small intestine

• Organic catalyst substances that speed up the digestive process