Animal Digestion

When does a ruminent chew it's cud?

• Right after they gather the food into their mouths

• After the food has gone through the omasum

• After the food has gone through the rumen and reticulum

• After the food has gone through the small intestines

The two different types of digestive systems are

• Gastric and ruminant.

• Monogastric and ruminant.

• Regular and multi-stomach.

• Ruminant and multi-ruminant.

Which system is made of the mouth, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine?

• Gastric

• Ruminant

• Monogastric

• Regular

In the monogastric stomach

• the small intestine is where most of the nutrients are absorbed.

• the large intestine is where most of the nutrients are absorbed

• the stomach is where most of the nutrients are absorbed

• the kidneys are where most of the nutrients are absorbed

What role does water play in an animal's stomach?

• It makes it possible to absorb nutrients.

• It softens feed and carries it through the digestive tract.

• It makes feed easier to swallow.

• It seperates the nutrients from waste.

Which of the following livestock animals are monogastrics?

• Pig, sheep, cattle

• Cattle, sheep, goat

• Pig, horse, rabbit

• Horse, goat, sheep

The ruminant stomach contains how many compartments?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 6

Which of the following correctly lists the order of the four chambers of a cow's stomach?

• Abomasum, Omasum, Rumen, Reticulum

• Reticulum, Rumen, Abomasum, Omasum

• Omasum, Abomasum, Rumen, Reticulum

• Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, Abomasum

The function of the rumen is...

• Fermentation

• To catch foreign objects

• Filtration

• Digestion

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The function of the abomasum is...

• Fermentation

• To catch foreign objects

• Filtration

• Digestion