Digestive System Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. substances that help with digestion
  2. 5. chickens, turkeys, ducks & companion birds
  3. 7. throw up in mouth to rechew & swallow
  4. 11. building blocks of protein
  5. 12. Small mass of feed once swallowed in animals
  6. 13. “finger-like” projections that increase intestinal surface area to aid in nutrient absorption.
  7. 14. Food is chewed, swallowed & enters a low-pH stomach
Down
  1. 1. grasping feed with lips, tongue, and/or teeth
  2. 2. Involuntary contraction that move canal contents
  3. 4. juice juice that contains water, mucus, hydrochloric acid & digestive enzymes that are secreted by glands
  4. 6. Have stomachs that are divided into multiple chambers
  5. 8. taking the nutrients from the food into the body
  6. 9. Possess single-compartment stomach
  7. 10. Single celled organisms found in rumen & reticulum that aid in digestion
  8. 15. partially digested feed