GI

obligate vs factitive carnivores

obligate only eat eat (cats)

facultative eat other stuff too (dogs)

what does ascending and descending mean in anatomy

ascedning - towards head cranially

descedning towards tail caudally

orad vs aboral

oral is towards oral cavity

aborad is away from oral cavity

what type of digestion occurs in stomach

acidic and mechanical

some enzymatic

function of SI (3)

enzymatic digestion

absorption

immune func

LI function (2)

fermentation

Absorption

how does the shape of ascending colon differ b/w species

dog - straight line

horse - folds around cecum

bovine - spiral

functions of colon/rectum/anus (3)

absoption

transport

storage