Virtual Chicken: Full Digestive System

The chicken's digestive tract ____ than most mammals.

• Longer

• Shorter 

Where are feed particles broken down?

• The ventriculus

• The beak

What transports food from the beak of the chicken to it's crop?

• Laranx  

• Esophogus

What is the function of the crop?

• Peck and take in feed.

• To guide food from the beak to the stomach.

• Store and soften feed from saliva secretions.

True or False

The proventriculus is the true stomach of a chicken, but serves no true function. 

• True

• False

True or False

In the gizzard feed is crushed and mixed with digestive juices. The gizzard contains grit and gravel to assist in crushing the feed particles.

• True

• False

True or False

Most nutrients are not absorbed in the small intestine.

• False

• True

True or False

The small intestine mixes juices, and is the site for most food nutrient absorption.

• True

• False

Which intestine is the largest in length?

• Small

• Large

True or False

The large intestine absorbs water and adds mucus to undigested feed which becomes feces.

• True

• False