Digestive Anatomy & Physiology

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Across
  1. 2. acts on proteins
  2. 4. the main site of nutrient absorption for both ruminants and non-ruminants
  3. 6. stomach chamber in cows and related animals in which symbiotic bacteria digest cellulose
  4. 7. Enzyme that breaks down remaining proteins
  5. 9. carries food from mouth to stomach through a series of muscular waves or contractions
  6. 11. one-celled organisms. Found in the rumen and reticulum and aid in digestion
  7. 13. liquid that contains water, mucus, hydrochloric acid and digestive enzymes. Secreted by glands
  8. 15. true stomach of ruminants
  9. 16. the structure of the poultry stomach that grinds feed using its muscles and grit and gravel
  10. 18. small finger-like projections in the intestinal wall that increase the surface area and aid in digestive absorption
  11. 20. acts on fats in the stomach/abomasum/ proventriculus
  12. 23. blind pouch located between the small and large intestine where microbes act on feed to further breakdown roughage
  13. 24. organic catalyst substances that speed up the digestive process
  14. 25. process of forcing food back up the esophagus to be chewed again
Down
  1. 1. Primary site of water absorption and formation of feces
  2. 3. changes starch that was not processed be salivary amylase into maltose
  3. 5. compounds that are the building blocks of protein
  4. 8. common term for animals that become ill from eating foreign objects
  5. 10. the site of acid digestion in the non-ruminant animal
  6. 12. site where feed is ground and squeezed. Also called "many piles". Liquid is removed
  7. 14. partially digested feed that is acidic, semi fluid, gray, and pulpy. Produced in stomach and sent to small intestine
  8. 17. The honeycomb
  9. 19. the true stomach of poultry
  10. 21. process of grasping feed with lips tongue and/or teeth
  11. 22. acts on fats to convert them into fatty acids