Poultry Digestive System

What is the first part of the digestive tract?

• esophagus

• proventriculus

• gizzard

• small intestine

What is the last part of the digestive tract?

• esophagus

• proventriculus

• cloaca

• large intestine

Gets feed from the beak to the crop.

• esophagus

• proventriculus

• cloaca

• trachea

Absorbs nutrients

• small intestine

• proventriculus

• large intestine

• crop

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Absorbs water

• small intestine

• proventriculus

• large intestine

• crop

This connects the crop to the gizzard.

• small intestine

• proventriculus

• large intestine

• crop

Chicken have 2 of these where other species typically have 1.

1 of the 3 parts of the small intestine.

Grit is stored here.

• small intestine

• proventriculus

• gizzard

• crop

Select all that chickens have than humans and other animals DO NOT

• small intestine

• proventriculus

• gizzard

• crop

• gall baldder