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| digestion | process of breaking down feed into simple substances that can be absorbed by the body |
| absorbtion | the process by which digested nutrients are taken into the blood stream |
| ruminants | an animal that has a stomach divided into several compartments |
| nonruminants | an animal that has a simple one compartment stomach |
| disgestive system | the parts of the body involved in chewing and digesting food |
| concentrates | feed containing less than 18% curde fiber when dry |
| roughages | feed containing more than 18% crude fiber |
| rumination | in ruminants, the prosses of chewing the cud |
| chyme | partially digested food that moves from the stomach to the small intestine |
| bile | a fluid produced by the liver that aids in the digestion of fats and fatty acids |
| vili | small fingerlike projections that line the walls of the small intestine they increase the absorption are of the small intestine |
| mouth | the part of the digestive system through which feed enters the animals body |
| esophagus | the tubelike passage from the mouth to the stomach sometimes called the gullit |
| small intestine | the organ in the digestive system that recieves the the feed and adds chemicals that help the digestive process |
| large intestine | the tube from the small intestine to the anus shorter and larger in diameter than the small intestine |
| rectum | the last part of the large intestine |
| feces | undigested material that is passed out of the digestive system through the anus |
| anus | the opening at the end of the large intestine that is the termination of the digestive system and through which feces passes out of the bottom |
| ceca | a blind pouch locatedc at the point at where the small intestine joins the large intestine |
| cloaca | in poultry an enlarged part of the digestive tract where the large intestine joins the vent |
| vent | the external opening of the lower end of the digestive system in poultry |
