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Digestive Tract
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a continuous flexible muscular tube from the mouth to the anus around which the body of the animal is built
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Kwashiorkor:
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Adequate energy being consumed no protein
-leads to big belly due to water accumulation |
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Marasmus:
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Starving, no energy, no protein
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Which animal has the simplest digestive tract?
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Snake
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Functions of the digestive tract?
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-storage of food
-prepare food for absorption -absorb usable product -reject undigested residue -provide site for fermentation -kill pathogens |
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Digestive trats evolved based on...
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the feeding habits of the animal and the type of food it consumed
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Carnivores digestive tract:
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-short, small volume, minimally compartmentalized digestive tract
-Brief storage->rapid passage |
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Herbivore digestive tract:
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-large volume, compartmentalized and/ or hind-gut
-fermentation->slow passage |
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Omnivores digestive tract:
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*Variety*
-great diversity in tracts so the characteristics vary depending on the animal and its diet |
