Across
- 1. The outside end of the cloaca.
- 3. A temporary storage pouch at the base of the neck in avians.
- 7. Organic catalysts that speed up digestion in all systems.
- 9. This part of the digestive system is smaller in diameter but longer in length
- 10. Singular version of ceca.
- 12. In ruminants, feed concentrates often come in this form.
- 13. What monogastric does not have an appendix?
- 15. Animals that 'chew their cud' are part of this group.
- 16. The passageway between the crop and gizzard.
- 18. This compartment is most similar to the rumen in a modified ruminant.
Down
- 2. A flexible tube which carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
- 4. This is present in the cecum and rumen to help break down roughage.
- 5. Functions much like a stomach in a non-ruminant.
- 6. Known as the "fermentation Vat"
- 8. The colon is part of this organ.
- 11. Saliva is added here.
- 14. Acids and enzymes combine with muscular action to grind food.
- 17. The process of eating cecotropes.