Ruminant and Monogastric Digestion

Match the digestive action with the correct process.

 Bacteria in the rumen digest cellulose.

• Mechanical

• Biological

• Chemical

• ?

Although horses do not have a rumen, they can digest fiber. What organ in a horse's digestive tract helps digest cellulose?

• Cecum

•  Large intestine

• Gizzard

•  Ileum

Match the animal with the correct digestive system.

Monogastric with a functional cecum

• Cow

• Horse

• Chicken

• Pig

Ruminants have ___ complex stomach stuctures

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

The abomasum is the __________.

• true stomach where food gets digested.

• cecum.

• stomach where food is fermented.

Animals with a single stomach is called

• Ruminant

• monogastric

• Poultry

• Carnivores

The part of the Ruminant digestive system where excess water is absorbed is called the...?

• Omasum

• Abomasum

• Rumen

• Reticulum

The two different types of digestive systems are

• Gastric and ruminant.

• Monogastric and ruminant.

• Regular and multi-stomach.

• Ruminant and multi-ruminant.

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 ruminant system is made up of

• The mouth, stomach, small intestine and large intestine.

• The mouth, stomach with 4 compartments, small intestine, and large intestine.

• The mouth, stomach, gallbladder, kidneys, and intestine.

• The stomach, small intestine, gallbladder, and large intestine.