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Ingestion |
Process through which animals take in food |
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Omnivores |
Eats plants and animals |
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Carnivores |
Eats only meat |
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Herbivores |
Eat only plants |
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Suspension feeders |
Take in food particles that are suspended in the water matrix |
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Substrate feeders |
Organism that live in or on their food source and eat it's way though |
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Fluid feeders |
Sucks nutrient rich fluid from a living host |
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Bulk feeders |
Organisms that take in large particles of food at a time |
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Mechanical phase |
Breaking food down into smaller then what was ingestion |
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Biochemical phase |
Breakdown of food by hydrolysis |
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Pharynx |
Mouth |
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Esophagus |
Channel |
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Crop |
Pouch like organ where food is stored and softened |
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Stomach |
Pouch like organ sometimes used for temporary storage |
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Gizzard |
Main function is grinding and churning the food |
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Intestine |
Chemical digestion and absorption |
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Anus |
Opening through which wastes are expelled |
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Glycoproteins |
Contain in the saliva |
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Teeth |
Help with the tearing food off and smashing and grinding food |
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Gastrin |
Releases when food reaches the stomach |
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Chyme |
A mixture of food and gastric juices |
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Small intestine |
6 meters long |
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Stomach can hold |
About 2 liters of food and drink |
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Duodenum |
The first 25cm of the small intestine |