Types of Animal Digestive Systems Crossword Puzzle

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• gizzard : a very muscular organ that normally contains grit or stones that function like teeth to grind the food.
• crop : where the food is stored and soaked
• rumen : the largest section of the ruminant stomach
• abomasum : also known as the true ruminant stomach
• reticulum : a small pouch on the side of the rumen that traps foreign materials, such as wire and nails
• proventriculus : the stomach in a bird
• roughages : feedstuffs that are high in fiber and tend to be 50 to 60 percent digestible
• concentrates : highly digestible feed stuffs that are high in energy and low in fiber
• omasum : produces a grinding action on the feed and removes some of the water from the feed
• absorption : the taking of the digested parts of the feed into the bloodstream
• digestion : the process of breaking down feed into simple substances that can be absorbed by the body
• cud : a ball-like mass of feed brought up from the stomach to be rechewed