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Ruminant Digestive System

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

______________________ has many folds and is often referred to as manyplies.

a)

abomasum

b)

rumen

c)

omasum

d)

reticulum

2.

What are the 4 compartments of the ruminant stomach?

a)

jejunum

b)

rumen

c)

omasum

d)

reticulum

e)

abomasum

3.

What compartment is often considered the “true stomach”?

a)

abomasum

b)

rumen

c)

omasum

d)

reticulum

4.
How many compartments are found in the stomach of a ruminant?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
5.
Which part of the ruminant digestive system is also known as the "true stomach"?
a)

Rumen

b)

Reticulum

c)

Omasum

d)

Abomasum

6.
Which part of the ruminant digestive system is the main site of nutrient absorption?
a)

Rumen

b)

Reticulum

c)

Small Intestine

d)

Abomasum

7.
Which part of the ruminant digestive system is known for having a honeycomb structure inside?
a)

Rumen

b)

Reticulum

c)

Omasum

d)

Abomasum

8.
What is the red part pictured?
a)

Omasum

b)

Abomasum

c)

Reticulum

d)

Rumen

9.
All of the following are ruminants EXCEPT:
a)
Cow
b)
Deer
c)
Horse
d)
Sheep
10.
What is the green part pictured?
a)
Abomasum
b)
Omasum
c)
Reticulum
d)
Rumen
11.

What stomach absorbs water?

a)

Reticulum

b)

Omasum

c)

Abomasum

d)

Rumen

12.

This stomach is known as the "honeycomb" stomach.

a)

Rumen

b)

Reticulum

c)

Abomasum

d)

Omasum

13.

Any food or feed high in fiber and low in digestible nutrients such as many fruits and vegetables, straw, and low-quality vegetation, hay, haylage, and silage.

a)

Roughage

b)

Ruminant

c)

Silage

d)

Vitamin

14.

Animal with a four-chambered stomach, consumes large quantities of roughages.

a)

Roughage

b)

Ruminant

c)

Silage

d)

Vitamin

15.
When ruminants "chew the cud", they are
a)
regurgitating food to chew it again
b)
belching to release gas from fermenting food
c)
passing gas! 
d)
regurgitating food they don't want
16.

What is the food tube called where food passes from mouth to stomach?

a)

Trachea

b)

Food canal

c)

esophagus

17.

WHAT CAN BE ADMINISTERED TO COWS TO KEEP METAL ITEMS FROM PIERCING THE DIGESTIVE TRACT?

a)

BOLUS

b)

MAGNET

c)

INTRAVENOUS MEDICATION

d)

SOYBEAN MEAL

18.

What is a mature male horse called?

a)
Colt
b)
Gelding
c)
Foal
d)
Stallion
19.

What is another term for a horse?

a)

Swine

b)

Bovine

c)

Equine

d)

Sheep

20.

What is the correct term for a male deer, male goat and a male rabbit?

a)

Boar

b)

Bull

c)

Stallion

d)

Buck

21.

What is the name of an intact male bovine?

a)

Stallion

b)

Barrow

c)

Bull

d)

Gelding

22.

What is the name of a female pig who hasn't had a litter of piglets?

a)

Gilt

b)

Cow

c)

Ewe

d)

Filly

23.

What is the name of a female bovine who has not had a calf?

a)

Mare

b)

Heifer

c)

Ewe

d)

Sow

24.

Term for a baby FEMALE horse

a)

Heifer

b)

Filly

c)

Foal

d)

Doe

25.

Term for a castrated male bovine

a)

Steer

b)

Wether

c)

Sow

d)

Ram

26.

Term for a female sheep

a)

Ewe

b)

Gilt

c)

Mare

d)

Doe

27.

Term for a baby sheep

a)

Kid

b)

Calf

c)

Lamb

d)

Colt

28.

Term for an intact male sheep

a)

Bull

b)

Steer

c)

Boar

d)

Ram

29.

Term for a castrated male sheep

a)

Wether

b)

Barrow

c)

Gelding

d)

Foal

30.

Term for a baby goat

a)

Lamb

b)

Kid

c)

Colt

d)

Calf

31.
This term means the male cannot reproduce.
a)
Intact
b)
Castrated
c)
Immature
d)
Mature
32.
A male chicken who is castrated:
a)
Capon
b)
Rooster
c)
Gelding
d)
Kit
33.
What do all of these have in common? Bull, Boar, Stallion, Ram, Buck, Rooster
a)
They are castrated males
b)
They are immature females
c)
They are young
d)
They are intact males
34.
What is the difference between a Rooster and Capon?
a)
Roosters are younger.
b)
Roosters can reproduce.
c)
A Capon has more spurs.
d)
A Capon can reproduce
35.
Mature intact male poultry 
a)
Rooster
b)
Hen
c)
Pullet
d)
Capon
36.
Offspring of poultry
a)
Calf 
b)
Piglet
c)
Kid
d)
Chick