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Digestive terms to know

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What is absorption?

Back (Answer)

Is the process of taking the digested parts into the bloodstream .

#2
Front (Question)

What is abomasum .

Back (Answer)

Is the site of digestion .

#3
Front (Question)

What is amino acids ?

Back (Answer)

Are compounds that contain carbon hydrogen oxygen and nitrogen .

#4
Front (Question)

What is the anus ?

Back (Answer)

The opening at the end of the large intestine .

#5
Front (Question)

What is the avian digestive system ?

Back (Answer)

Is found in poultry

#6
Front (Question)

What is bile ?

Back (Answer)

Is a yellowish green bitter liquid produced by the liver .

#7
Front (Question)

What is cecum ?

Back (Answer)

Is where the small intestine and large intestine meet .

#8
Front (Question)

What is chyme

Back (Answer)

Partly digested food that is acidity .

#9
Front (Question)

What is a crop ?

Back (Answer)

Is where food is stored and soaked before it goes to the gizzard .

#10
Front (Question)

What is cud ?

Back (Answer)

Is a ball like mass of regurgitated food .

#11
Front (Question)

What is digestion ?

Back (Answer)

Is the process of breaking down food into simple substances that can be absorbed by your body

#12
Front (Question)

What is the digestive system ?

Back (Answer)

Is parts of the body involved chewing and digesting food .

#13
Front (Question)

What is enzymes?

Back (Answer)

Are organic catalysts that speed up the digestive process .

#14
Front (Question)

What is eructated ?

Back (Answer)

Puked back up

#15
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What are feces ?

Back (Answer)

Food that is not digested or waste

#16
Front (Question)

What is a gizzard ?

Back (Answer)

Is a muscular organ that contains stones or grit that grinds the food.

#17
Front (Question)

What is intestinal juice ?

Back (Answer)

Is a fluid that contains peptidase , sucrase , Maltase , and lactase .

#18
Front (Question)

What is the monogastric system ?

Back (Answer)

Contains a single chambered stomach and is the type found in humans , swine , dogs , and cats .

#19
Front (Question)

What is omasum ?

Back (Answer)

Is the main spot for water absorption .

#20
Front (Question)

What are organs ?

Back (Answer)

Parts that perform specialized functions.

#21
Front (Question)

What is pancreatic amylase ?

Back (Answer)

Changes starch to maltose .

#22
Front (Question)

What is pancreatic juice ?

Back (Answer)

Contains the enzymes trypsin , pancreatic amylase , pancreatic lipase , and Maltase .

#23
Front (Question)

What is pepsin ?

Back (Answer)

A

#24
Front (Question)

What is pseudo ruminant ?

Back (Answer)

Is found in animals that have large amounts of roughages and does not have different compartments .