Livestock Digestion

The main function of the digestive system is

• To break food into usable parts

• To keep the stomach full

• To help the animal enjoy food

• To absorb nutrients in the bloodstream

The two different types of digestive systems are

• Gastric and ruminant.

• Monogastric and ruminant.

• Regular and multi-stomach.

• Ruminant and multi-ruminant.

What part of the chicken's digestive system grinds the food down?

• Crop

• Gizzard

• Cloaca

• Esophogus

What part of a chicken's digestive system acts as a food storage area for the bird?

• Crop

• Gizzard

• Gallbladder

• Esophogus

The process of breaking down food into nutrient rich molecules.

• absorption

• digestion

• peristalsis

• villi

waves of muscular contractions that move food through the digestive tract.

• digestion

• absorption

• peristalsis

• villi

The process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of your digestive system into your blood.

• absorption

• digestion

• peristalsis

• villi

organ where there is the most absorption of nutrients

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

• liver

What is the primary function of the rumen in ruminant animals?

• To store food temporarily

• To absorb nutrients

• To break down fibrous plant material

• To produce digestive enzymes

Which of the following animals is considered a monogastric organism?

• Cow

• Sheep

• Pig

• Goat