Monogastric Digestive System

What are the stages of digestion? (5)

What is digestion? where does it occur?

What is absorption? where does it occur?

What is metabolism?

What is excretion?

What are the functions of the oral / buccal cavity or mouth?

What are the functions of the tongue?

What are the functions of saliva?

What is the pharynx?

What is the purpose of the pharynx?

What is the oesophagus?

What is the structure of the oesophagus?

What is a monogastric stomach and what is its function?

What are the two muscular movements?

What are the 3 regions of the stomach?

What does distention of the stomach do?

Walls lined with mucous membrane?

Within mucosa are gastric pits what are the 3 cell types responsible for secreting gastric juices?

What are their individual functions?

What is gastric emptying?

What is the small intestines function?

What is the structure of the small intestine?

What is the pancreas and its function?

What is the gall bladder?

What is the livers function? and how do substances get there?

What is the structure of the large intestine?

What is the main absorption site?

How is absorption made efficent?

What is the process of absorption?

What is the structure of villi?

How is blood glucose regulated?

What are the symptoms of ingesting foreign bodies?

How does the body try to push the foreign object out?

What happens if the body fails?

What is ruminant bloat? what are the symptoms?