Ben AS vocab Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Mouth | brings food into the body, breaks down food with salivary glans and rips and tears food into small pieces |
Esophagus | transports food from mouth to stomach |
Stomach | provides food storage, produces hydrochloric acid, and has a lining of mucus to protect it from it's acidic environment. Moves food to small intestines |
Small Intestines | Mixes food with bile, digests sugars and strings of amino acids. Absorbs nutrients. |
Large Intestines | Absorbs water and electrolytes, moves waste to rectum and anus. |
Rectum and anus | External opening at end of digestive tract. Sphincter muscles control defecation |
Salivary Glands | Secretes saliva to moisten and lubricate food |
Liver | Produces bile to help digest fat. Stores glucose and glycogen |
Pancreas | Produces insulin |
Water | The most critical nutrient required by dogs and cats for survival |
Carbohydrates | Available source of energy, plus fiber for the GI tract health |
Protein | supplies amino acids to build proteins for a wide range of body functions |
Fat | Concentrated energy source |
Minerals | essential for life sustaining metabolic processes |
Vitamins | releases energy from carbohydrates, proteins, and fat |
Digestibility | proportion of nutrients in food available for absorption in the GI tract |
Bioavailability | amount of nutrient absorbed from the GI tract in a form the body can use. |
As- fed basis | concentration of nutrients in food in the form consumed by the animal; includes moisture content of the food. |
Dry matter basis | method of expressing a food's nutrient content on a moisture- free basis |
Energy Basis | concentration of a nutrient in food expressed per unit of energy, usually per 100 kilocalories |
Beef Tallow | Solid fat made by rendering fat from cattle |
EEA | Essential amino acids |
Lignin | Non Digestible |
Building Blocks of Protein | Amino Acids |
Rancid | Gone Bad |
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