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What is the digestive system?
- A portal for nutrients to gain access to the circulatory system
Name examples of monogastric.
-pigs
-humans
-dogs
-Turkeys
Name examples of ruminants.
- Cattle
- Giraffe
- Bison
- Camel
Name examples of hind gut fermentors
- Horses
- Rabbits-
- Ostrich
- Rhino
What is the function of the mouth?
- A starting point that begins the digestive process
- Dictates food animal eats
- Dictates digestive process
- Ex: white versus black rhino
- White- straight mouth grazer
- Black- narrow mouth- eat higher up
What is the function of the tongue?
- Grasping food, mixing, and swallowing
What is the function of the teeth?
- Tear and chew the feed
What are the four incorrect bites?
- Level bite
- Overbite
- Incorporating the canine
- Underbite
Function of the lips?
-select what they eat
Question: Will give the type of mouth (don’t focus on the type of animal)
-relate it to what they eat
What is the purpose of saliva?
- Moisten the food
- Mucin to lubricate
- Bicarbonates to buffer acids
- Enzyme amylase to break down carbs
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