Ruminant Digestive system
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- 3. certain amount of nutrients
- 5. An organ that is part of the digestive system.
- 6. Dietary fiber, also known as roughage or bulk, includes the parts of plant foods your body can't digest or absorb.
- 10. a substance made by removing water or other diluting agent; a concentrated form of something, especially food.
- 13. eats meat and plants
- 15. the second stomach of a ruminant, having a honeycomb-like structure, receiving food from the rumen and passing it to the omasum
- 18. are one of the four groups of essential nutrients; the others are vitamins, essential fatty acids, and essential amino acids.
- 19. the fourth stomach of a ruminant, which receives food from the omasum and passes it to the small intestine.
- 20. Add's or enhances
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- 1. eats plants
- 2. fibrous indigestible material in vegetable foodstuffs which aids the passage of food and waste products through the gut.
- 4. eats meat
- 7. a group of substances that are needed for normal cell function, growth, and development
- 8. The word diet often implies the use of specific intake of nutrition for health or weight-management reasons (with the two often being related).
- 9. Sugar molecules
- 11. the muscular third stomach of a ruminant animal, between the reticulum and the abomasum
- 12. Fats are a subgroup of the macromolecules or polymers called lipids.
- 14. Proteins are made up of chemical 'building blocks' called amino acids
- 16. he first stomach of a ruminant, which receives food or cud from the esophagus, partly digests it with the aid of bacteria, and passes it to the reticulum.
- 17. Palatability is the hedonic reward provided by foods or drinks that are agreeable to the "palate", which often varies relative to the homeostatic satisfaction of nutritional and/or water needs.