Lesson 106 of 1524
Animal Nutrition and the Digestive System
Ruminants that consume large amounts of plant material have a multi-chambered stomach that digests roughage.
Practice this chapterRuminants that consume large amounts of plant material have a multi-chambered stomach that digests roughage. Humans and many other animals have monogastric digestive systems with a single-chambered stomach.
Birds have evolved a digestive system that includes a gizzard where the food is crushed into smaller pieces. Pseudo-ruminants have similar digestive processes as ruminants but do not have the four-compartment stomach.
roughage — component of food that is low in energy and high in fiber. digestion — mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into small organic fragments. monogastric — digestive system that consists of a single-chambered stomach. ruminant — animal with a stomach divided into four compartments.
Worked example
What does “roughage” mean in Animal Nutrition and the Digestive System?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for roughage.
- 2The book says: component of food that is low in energy and high in fiber.
- 3Do not use the meaning of digestion. That term means mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into small organic fragments.
Result: component of food that is low in energy and high in fiber
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for roughage.
Do not swap roughage and digestion. roughage means component of food that is low in energy and high in fiber. digestion means mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into small organic fragments.
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