chapter 9: classification of digestive systems

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how does the structure of the stomach and intestines differ between monogastric and ruminant HERBIVORES?

ruminant herbivore:

  • complex stomachs with multiple compartments

  • typically have long small intestines

nonruminant herbivore:

  • simple stomachs

  • have a large cecum and hindgut

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do ruminants and monogastrics do pre- or post-gastric fermentation?

  • ruminants: pre-gastric fermentation

  • monogastrics: post-gastric fermentation

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what affects how muscular a simple stomach is?

  • the amount of chewing an animals does

  • ex. dogs don’t chew their food much, so they have very muscular stomachs as opposed to kangaroos who have very pouch-like stomachs because they chew a lot

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how does the size of the cecum vary among monogastrics?

herbivores typically have a larger cecum while carnivores have little to no cecum (because cecums are important for the fermentation of plant material)

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what makes up the hindgut of a monogastric?

large intestine, cecum, colon, and rectum

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what are the 4 sections of a ruminant stomach?

rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum

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what is the “true stomach” of a ruminant?

the abomasum