Digestive System Crossword
Across
- 3. An organic compound made up of amino acids and containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen
- 5. Species that depend entirely on plants for food
- 7. An organic compound needed in small amounts for nutrition
- 8. A feed material high in specific nutrients
- 10. Species that consume both flesh and plants
- 13. Feed allowance for an animal during a 24-hour period that has all the nutrients the animal needs in the right proportions and amounts
- 17. Inorganic substance needed in small amounts for proper nutrients
- 18. The type and amounts of feed an animal receives in its ration
- 19. Feed containing less than 18 percent crude fiber when dry; grains and protein supplements are concentrates
Down
- 1. The organ in the digestive system that receives the feed and adds chemicals that help in the digestive process
- 2. Complex carbohydrates such as cellulose and lignin
- 4. A feed containing more than 18% crude fiber when dry; examples: hay, silage, and pasture
- 6. The First and largest compartment of the ruminant stomach
- 9. The quality of being agreeable or acceptable to the taste
- 11. The second compartment of the ruminant stomach
- 12. Organic compound composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that is solid at body temperature; fats contain more carbon and hydrogen than carbohydrates do and are mainly glyceryl esters of certain acids that are soluble in ether but not in water
- 14. The fourth compartment, or true stomach, of the ruminant animal
- 15. Species that depend almost entirely on the flesh of other animals for food
- 16. Organic compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
- 20. The third compartment of the ruminant stomach