Nutrients and Digestion Crossword Puzzle
QUESTIONS LIST: 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.