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WorksheetsAnimal Digestion
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
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
Which of the following livestock animals are ruminants?
Pig, sheep, cattle
Cattle, sheep, goat
Pig, horse, rabbit
Horse, goat, sheep
The first compartment of the ruminant stomach, which is 85% of their total stomach is called the
Rumen
Reticulum
Omasum
Abomasum
Absorption is
the parts of the body involved with chewing and digestion feed.
the taking of the digested parts of the feed into the bloodstream.
feedstuffs hign in fiber.
the largest section of the ruminent stomach
Which part of the digestive system in ruminants is primarily responsible for fermentation of ingested feed?
Rumen
Reticulum
Omasum
Abomasum
In which part of the monogastric digestive system does the majority of nutrient absorption occur?
Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine
Esophagus
