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