Digestive System Of The Horse

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1. Food is taken into the mouth by highly selective prehensile lips. As the food is chewed, saliva is added from one of ____ pairs of salivary glands. three six five four

2. The epiglotis passes over the trachea to prevent food from entering the lungs. Instead it passes through the pharynx into the _______. oesophagus windpipe stomach pancreas

3. Food enters the ______ via the cardiac sphincter. oesophagus stomach pancreas small Intestine

4. Food passes into the small intestine. The small intestine consists of three sections. They are _______ ________ and ______. caecum, large colon, small colon duodenum, oesphageal, caecum duodenum, jejenum, ilium caecum, rectum, pancreas

5. The small intestine requires ________ conditions. Answer: (One Word - acid or alkaline)

6. Bile is produced in the _____. pancreas gall bladder duodenum liver

7. The _____ _________ is made up of caecum, large colon, small colon and rectum. Answer: (Two Words - L____ I_________)

8. The large intestine has many changes of direction throughout its length, these are known as ________ and are vulnerable to blockages (colic). twists pivots bends flexures

9. Water is absorbed from digesta throughout the large intestine so that by the time digesta reaches the _____ it is of a firm consistency. small intestine colon rectum duodenum

10. The horse's digestive tract is approximately ___ feet long. 100 300 200 50