ruminant digestion vocab

digestive tract

tube from mouth/anus

accessory organs

contribute to physical and chemical food breakdown

rumination cycle

regurgetation, reinsalivation, remastication (chewing), redeglutan (swallowing)

reticulum

regurgitation, honeycomb structure

rumen

microbial fermentation, papillae

omasum

water absorption, folds/leaves

abomasum

stores, breaks down food, wrinkles called rugae

greater omentium

part of immune system, overlays stomach

esophagal groove

folds that close rumen/retuculum to lactated milk

liver

secretes bile,p process nutrients, make proteins, dispose of waste

gall bladder

stores/releases bile into duodenu

duodenum

recieves everything

jujunum

digests protein, carbohydrates, absorbe minerals

illeum

absorb salts, water, vitamins

cecum

ferment starch and cellulose, absorb products

colon

ferment leftovers and absorn products