Nutrients and Digestion

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Lipids: Provide a long-term energy source and insulation
Crop: storage pouch for food in birds
Chemical: the type of digestion that involves enzymes and stomach acid
Enzymes: used to break down nutrients
Mechanical: the type of digestion that occurs in the mouth
Carbohydrates: A short term source of energy
Minerals: calcium is an example of this nutrient
Protein: builds tissues and repairs cells
Proventriculus: where digestive enzymes are secreted in birds
Gizzard: contains small stones for mechanical digestion
Villi: Increase the surface area of the intestines
Abomasum: the 'true stomach' of a ruminants 4 compartments
Duodenum: the first part of the small intestine
Molars: these teeth are used to grind down food
Incisors: these teeth are used to bite into food 
Reticulum: second section of the ruminant stomach
Bloat: Ruminants get this when they don't release gasses from fermenting food.
Microbes: Found in the caecum of hindgut fermenters.
Coprophagy: Some hind gut fermenters do this to get as many nutrients as possible from their food
Cellulose: Ruminants and Hind gut fermenters can digest this type of carbohydrate.

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