Digestion

The first compartment of the ruminant stomach, which is 85% of their total stomach is called the

• Rumen

• Reticulum

• Omasum

• Abomasum

Which of the following correctly lists the order of the four chambers of a cow's stomach?

• Abomasum, Omasum, Rumen, Reticulum

• Reticulum, Rumen, Abomasum, Omasum

• Omasum, Abomasum, Rumen, Reticulum

• Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, Abomasum

The function of the abomasum is...

• Fermentation

• To catch foreign objects

• Filtration

• Digestion

Which part of the monogastric system is enlarged in hindgut fermenters?

• Stomach

• Small Intestine

• Cecum

• Large Intestine

Ruminants rely on microorganisms for the digestion of roughages. These microorganisms are very diverse and consist of (more than one answer)

• bacteria

• viruses

• protozoa

• fungi

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

Absorption is

• the parts of the body involved with chewing and digestion feed.

• the taking of the digested parts of the feed into the bloodstream.

• feedstuffs hign in fiber.

• the largest section of the ruminent stomach

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

When does a ruminent chew it's cud?

• Right after they gather the food into their mouths

• After the food has gone through the omasum

• After the food has gone through the rumen and reticulum

• After the food has gone through the small intestines

After food leaves the stomach it goes into the _______________.

• pyloric valve

• small intestine

• peristalsis

• large intestine

_______________________ is when the muscles in the throat push food down to the stomach.

• Pyloric

• Chemistry

• Muscular action

• Peristalsis

The stomach has muscles to _____________ down the food.

• dissolve

• break

• digest

• process