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Nutrition
Chapter 1: Questions
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 2
10/09/2010

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Term
Hunger
Definition
The physiological desire for feed after a period of fasting
Term
Appetite
Definition
A learned or habitual response to the presence of feed
Term
Carnivore
Definition
An animal that recieves all of its necessary nutrients from a meat-only diet
Term
Herbivore
Definition
An animal that recieves all of its necessary nutrients from a plant-only diet
Term
Omnivore
Definition
An animal that must consume a mixture of plant and animal materials in order to receive its necessary nutrients
Term
Prehension
Definition
The intake of feed
Term
Mastication
Definition
Another term for chewing
Term
Regurgitation
Definition
The expulsion of feed from the esophagus or rumen, back to the mouth, before organismal digestion
Term
Peristalsis
Definition
Rythmic, involuntary muscle contractions - through out the digestive tract to move feed along
Term
Bloat
Definition
Term for a build-up of gases - can be fatal in ruminants
Term
Function of rumination
Definition
To better utilize low-quality feeds by taking advantage of microbial digestion prior to organismal digestion and absorption
Term
Rennin
Definition
Secreted in the stomach of young mammals, rennin is an enzyme responsible for the breakdown of milk protein
Term
Function of the crop (avian)
Definition
To store and moisten feed
Term
Esophageal Groove
Definition
In young ruminants, responsible for passing milk from the esophagus, pass the first three compartments and directly into the Abomasum. This allows for immidiate digestion and absorption of the milk and bypasses the rumen which has yet to develop a proper microbial population
Term
The two main gases expelled with erucation
Definition
Carbon Dioxide [CO(subnote 2)] and Methane [CH(subnote 4)]
Term
Benefit of Cropophagy among Rabbits
Definition
The rabbit's cecum is located after the small intestine. To obtain the nutrient benefits of microbial digestion produced in the cecume, the rabbit must eat its feces. The microbes have released nutrients from the undigested plant portions, and added protein and vitamins
Term
A fat-splitting enzyme
Definition
Lipase
Term
Enzyme which breaks starches into maltose
Definition
Amylase
Term
Enzyme which breaks down milk sugar
Definition
Lactase
Term
Enzyme which breaks down table sugar
Definition
Sucrase
Term
Erucation
Definition
Another term for belching - necessary in ruminants
Term
Manyplies
Definition
Omasum, also called the bible stomach. Called such due to the structure being similar to pages in a book
Term
Paunch
Definition
the Rumen, referred to as such because it takes up the majority of stomach space, sticking out when its full
Term
Abomasum
Definition
Also refered to as the true stomach; where HCl acid and pepsin digest remaining feed
Term
Honeycomb
Definition
Another term for the reticulum, also called the hardware stomach; where foreign materials are caught so as not to pass through the rest of the digestive tract.
Term
List the 3 VFA's
Definition
Acetic, butyric, propionic
Term
Aerobic Respiration:
One molecule of glucose yeilds ___ molecules of ATP and ___ kcal of energy
One molecule of ATP yeilds ___ Calories (kcal)
Definition
38 molecules of ATP
304 kcal
8 Calories (kcal)
Term
Pvt. Tim Hall
Definition
The ten essential amino acids
Phenylalanin Tryptophan Histidine
Valine. Isoleucine. Arginine
Thereonine. Methionine. Leucine
Lysine
(Poultry- Cystine, Glycine, Tyrosine
Carnivores- Taurine)
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