Digestive System

1. Animals that receive energy from the consumption of only plants.
4. The fourth stomach of a ruminant, which receives food from the omasum and passes it to the small intestine.
5. A nutrient your body needs to grow and repair cells, and to work properly.
7. The muscular third stomach of a ruminant animal that helps break down coarse food particles.
11. The process of breaking down food into simple substances that can be absorbed by the body.
13. Partly digested food returned from the first stomach of ruminants to the mouth for further chewing.
14. Larger diameter tube with the role of absorbing water.
15. The largest stomach compartment found in ruminants and is the source for forage fermentation.
16. One or more compartments that are the primary location for digestion in animals.
17. The rising of undigested food from the stomach back into the mouth.
19. Ruminants have this many stomach compartments.
21. Animals that receive energy from both the consumption of both plants and animals.
23. The type of digestive system found in chickens and turkeys.
24. Food consisting of or containing a lot of sugars, starch, cellulose, or similar substances that can be broken down to release energy.
26. The type of digestive system found in horses and rabbits.
27. Nutrients in food that the body uses to build cell membranes, nerve tissue (including the brain), and hormones.

2. Long narrow tube that receives digested food from the stomach.
3. The type of digestive system found in cattle, goats, and sheep.
6. The second stomach of a ruminant, having a honeycomb-like structure.
8. A microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation.
9. Start of the digestive process where chewing breaks down food.
10. Organic molecules that are essential to an organism in small quantities for proper metabolic function.
12. The taking in and use of food and other nourishing material by the body.
18. The type of digestive system found in pigs, dogs, and cats.
20. Ruminants have fewer of these and use their tongue and incisors to rip off and chew grass.
22. A pouch that connects the large and small intestines.
25. A nutrient that is needed in small amounts to keep the body healthy ex: Iron