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The true stomach of a ruminant animal, majority of the digestion occurs here.

The passage of digested food from the alimentary canal to the circulatory system.

Constructive process by which simple substances are converted by living cells into compounds that are more complex.

The posterior opening of the digestive tract.

Refers to birds; the class Aves.

Yellowish green alkaline bitter liquid. Stored in gall bladder. Aids in the digestion of fatty acids.

Regurgitated food that has been chewed and is ready to be swallowed; a cud.

Juncture of the esophagus and stomach that prevents food from moving back into the esophagus.

Cecum (pl. ceca)

"Blind gut" where small and large intestine join. Performs little function except in the horse where it assists with the digestion of roughages through bacterial action

The partly digested material passed from the stomach into the duodenum.

Grain and protein supplements, ex. corn

Craw; a saclike enlargement in the esophagus of many birds to store food.

A small wad of regurgitated feed in a ruminant's mouth, which is rechewed and swallowed.

The breaking down of food into simple substances that are more readily available to the body to use

Digestive tract

The mouth, esophagus, digestive organs; stomach or stomachs, crop, gizzard, the small and large intestines, and anus; all of the organs of an animal or fowl through which food passes