Animal Digestion

Match the animal with the correct digestive system.

Simple monogastric

• Cow

• Horse

• Chicken

• Pig

Which is the correct flow of food movement through the ruminant stomach?

• Rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum

• Rumen, reticulum, abomasum, omasum

• Omasum, reticulum, rumen, abomasum

• Abomasum, omasum, rumen, reticulum

In ruminant digestion, where does most digestion occur?

• rumen

• reticulum

• omasum

• abomasum

How is the omasum able to grind and squeeze foods?

• It is in the middle of the stomach.

• It is pressed by other organs.

•  It contains sand and rock particles.

• It is folded like an accordion

Match the part of the ruminant stomach with its correct function.

 Holds liquid material

• Abomasum

• Omasum

• Reticulum

• Rumen

Match the part of the ruminant stomach with its correct function.

 Grinds and squeezes food

• Abomasum

• Omasum

• Reticulum

• Rumen

Match the part of the ruminant stomach with its correct function.

 Most digestion occurs here

• Abomasum

• Omasum

• Reticulum

• Rumen

Match the digestive action with the correct process.

 A horse chews hay in its mouth.

• Mechanical

• Biological

• Chemical

• ?

Match the digestive action with the correct process.

Enzymes in the saliva begin breaking down food.

• Mechanical

• Biological

• Chemical

• ?

Where does mechanical digestion occur?

• Mouth

• Small intestine

• Stomach

• Colon