Chapter 22: Nutrition and Digestion Short-Answer Questions 1) What types of foods are characteristic of the diets of carnivores‚ herbivores‚ and omnivores? Answer Carnivores – have a diet that consists of meat which they get by killing and consuming other living animals‚ other animals that have died‚ or by sucking the fluids of other animals. Herbivores – have a diet that consists of eating parts of plants such as leaves‚ fruit‚ stems‚ roots‚ or by extracting fluids from plants and consuming
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The goat is considered a ruminant animal. The digestive system includes the mouth‚ esophagus‚ four stomach parts‚ a cecum‚ a small intestine and a large intestine. Goats have no upper teeth so they use the dental pad‚ lower teeth‚ tongue and lips to eat their food. The four compartments to the stomach are the rumen‚ the reticulum‚ the omasum‚ and the abomasums. The esophagus is what moves food from the mouth to the stomach. It opens into the stomach at the opening of the rumen and reticulum‚ which
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web) Writing Assignment Week 12: Due December 11th‚ 2012 Amanda Anousaya – 0543539 Question 1: When ever I think of retracing the path that food takes throughout the body I instantly think of a Magic School Bus episode. The first part of digestion would be as soon as you use your sense of smell‚ which triggers your salivary glands to secrete saliva. Once you take your first bite‚ your saliva increases even more. You then break down the food by chewing. Even more saliva is produced so your
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and more concentrated. Better Exercise: Drinking water regulates your body temperature. That means you’ll feel more energetic when doing exercises. Water also helps to fuel your muscle. Helps in Digestion and Constipation: Drinking water raises your metabolism because it helps in digestion. Fiber and water goes hand in hand so that you can have your daily bowel movement. Less Cramps and Sprains: Proper hydration helps keep your joints and muscles lubricated‚ so you’ll less likely get cramps
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The stomach is a muscular organ located on the left side of the upper abdomen. The stomach receives food from the esophagus. As food reaches the end of the esophagus‚ it enters the stomach through a muscular valve called the lower esophageal sphincter. The stomach secretes acid and enzymes that digest food. The lining of the stomach secretes hydrochloric acids and enzymes that break down the food so that it can continue on its journey through the digestive system. As it secretes acid and enzymes
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formation of ulcers in other parts of the G.I. tract by the acids needed to breakdown food are excessive and causes the stomach to over work therefore causing surrounding parts to be over worked as well. If the stomach is always churning food the digestion processes is always on going. Parietal cells and gastric glands are directly related to the formation of ulcers. A major causing factor is chronic inflammation due to Helicobacter pylori that colonizes the mucosa.
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changes in the predominant energy system. Which training method(s) would be most appropriate? Why? It is most appropriate for sports that having frequent changes in energy systems because it trains the body to efficiently change from aerobic to anaerobic energy systems. For example a typical training method (astrand) of Farlek is: Jog- 10 minutes Run hard-4 minutes And repeat 3-4 times This training method is efficient for runners because it trains for both endurance and explosive starts. How
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mollusks with two valves also nickname the bivalves. Clams are mostly marine animals however; the clams we will dissect are freshwater clams. Adult clams have bilateral symmetry but when they are larva clams have radial symmetry. A clam has complete digestion and has open circulation. The materials used in this lab were a preserved clam‚ a dissection pan‚ bent tip probe‚ scalpel‚ specimen bag‚ pins‚ gloves‚ tools‚ paper towels‚ goggles‚ ruler‚ lab coat‚ etc. In Miss Sido`s lab prep she went over the
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1) The length of the tail: 18.5 cm 2) The length of the body ( from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail: 22cm What is their relative proportion? 1.2:1 PART A (Overview) pg. 462-464 a) Draw a diagram of the rat when it is first cut opened and the internal organs are exposed. Identify and label the diaphragm‚ the stomach‚ the small intestine‚ the caecum‚ the heart‚ the left and right lung‚ the trachea and the esophagus. (Note: see Figure 22 on pg 470 for an example) b) What structure
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