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Title: Bio003 - Lecture 04

Description: Ch 4 based on lec slides

Total Flash Cards: 6

Created: 08/05/2009 01:07:38

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Term
What are four different ways animals obtain food
 Definition
Suspension feeding
Substrate feeding
Fluid feeding
Bulk feeding
Term
Four stages of food digestion
 Definition

Ingestion

Digestion

Absorbtion

Elimination
Term
Define Sphincters
 Definition
control the movement of food into and out of digestive chambers
Term
What prevents the gastric juices from digesting the walls of the
stomach?
 Definition
Mucus and new cell linings produced every 3 days
Term
Define rumen
 Definition
a specialized foregut that houses symbiotic gut bacteria to break down plant material before it enters the gastric part of the digestive tract
Term
What does mechanical digestion do?
 Definition
break down food into smaller pieces.
Easier to swallow
more surface area for digestive fluids