AniNutrish Quiz 4- Animal Comparisons
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Swine saliva pH
7.4
Ptyalin
Salivary amylase
Ptyalin function
Begins starch digestion
Pancreas
Produces insulin and digestive enzymes
Pancreatic juices
Provide enzymes and bicarbonate buffers
Small intestine
Continues digestion and absorbs nutrients
Large intestine
Absorbs water and VFAs and stores waste
Carnivore prehension
Canine teeth for ripping and tearing
Carnivore saliva
Mainly lubrication
Carnivore stomach
Highly acidic
Carnivore intestines
Short and simple
Carnivore cecum
Poorly developed
Stomach digestion
Churning, HCl, pepsin
Small intestine digestion
Pancreatic and brush border enzymes
Crop
Storage pouch in esophagus
Proventriculus
Glandular stomach
Ventriculus (Gizzard)
Muscular grinding organ
Cloaca
Common opening for feces, urine, reproduction, and egg laying
Ceca
Paired structures at SI-LI junction
Birds
No teeth
Birds
No soft palate
Birds
Underdeveloped salivary glands
Birds
Two-part stomach
Birds
Two ceca
Birds
Common cloaca
Birds
No distinct colon or rectum
Crop
Stores food
Proventriculus
Produces gastric juices
Gizzard
Grinds food mechanically
Ceca
Fiber digestion
Ceca
Water absorption
Ceca
Synthesis of water-soluble vitamins
Large intestine
Water absorption
Large intestine
Vitamin K synthesis
Cloaca
Common exit for urine and feces
Pig
Monogastric omnivore with salivary amylase
Dog
Monogastric carnivore with short intestines
Bird
No teeth and two ceca
Cow
Ruminant with four-chambered stomach
Horse
Hindgut fermenter with large cecum
Rabbit
Hindgut fermenter that practices coprophagy
Which species has no teeth?
Bird
Which species has two ceca?
Bird
Which structure stores food in birds?
Crop
Which avian stomach produces gastric juices?
Proventriculus
Which avian stomach performs grinding?
Gizzard
Which species has a poorly developed cecum?
Carnivore
Where does protein digestion begin?
Stomach
Where is protein digestion completed?
Small intestine
What is the pH of swine saliva?
7.4