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Exam Solution
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ANSC 221 EXAM 2 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLET
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E SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (4E135)
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QUESTION 1 zm
lips
ANSWER
-most important for animals without hands, prehension (horse), sifting food, swallowing; -
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least important to chicken (no lips, beak) lips of pigs immobile, used for protection
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QUESTION 2 zm
teeth
ANSWER
mastication, particle size reduction -chewing important for ruminant animals-
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more they chew, more HCO3 produced, affects rumen fermentation
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QUESTION 3 zm
tongue
ANSWER
swallowing
QUESTION 4 zm
teeth carnivore
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ANSWER
tearing
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teeth omnivore zm
ANSWER
can chew food
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QUESTION 6 zm
teeth pig zm
ANSWER
cheek teeth w cone shaped or rounded cups for crushing food
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QUESTION 7 zm
herbivore teeth zm
ANSWER
only front teeth on bottom and pad on top
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QUESTION 8 zm
saliva
ANSWER
beginning of digestion for non-ruminant animals -
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Mucous: to moisten food and stick it together, lubricate for swallowing -
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Amylase (pytalin in humans): digest carbohydrates -
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Bicarbonate in ruminants: produce large amounts of acid in rumen via fermentation, acid is buffered
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in part from bicarbonate from saliva
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QUESTION 9 zm
esophagus
ANSWER
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segmentation: occurs in small intestine; contraction, churning and mixing of food
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QUESTION 10 zm
,stomach
ANSWER
storage chemical digestion
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QUESTION 11 zm
pyloric sphincter
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ANSWER
controls movement of gastric contents between stomach and small intestine
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QUESTION 12 zm
non-ruminant stomach-regions
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ANSWER
4 regions esophageal cardiac fundin pyloric
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QUESTION 13 zm
proventriculous
ANSWER
follows crop, ahead of gizzard stomach like a mammal avian
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QUESTION 14 zm
duodenum
ANSWER
closest to stomach, most active digestion
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QUESTION 15 zm
jejunum
ANSWER
absorption
QUESTION 16 zm
, ileum
ANSWER
absorb B12, anything that wasn't absorbed
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QUESTION 17 zm
large intestine
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ANSWER
food that was not absorbed
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QUESTION 18 zm
colon
ANSWER
storage absorption of water
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QUESTION 19 zm
cecum
ANSWER
bind pouch at junction of small and large intestine non ruminant herbivores (horses, rabbits) provid
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es post-abortive fermentation vat digests cellulose, does not provide protein, results in VFAs
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QUESTION 20 zm
bile
ANSWER
emulsifies fat zm
QUESTION 21 zm
gall bladder
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ANSWER
stores bile zm
QUESTION 22 zm
Exam Solution
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ANSC 221 EXAM 2 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLET
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E SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (4E135)
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QUESTION 1 zm
lips
ANSWER
-most important for animals without hands, prehension (horse), sifting food, swallowing; -
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least important to chicken (no lips, beak) lips of pigs immobile, used for protection
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QUESTION 2 zm
teeth
ANSWER
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more they chew, more HCO3 produced, affects rumen fermentation
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QUESTION 3 zm
tongue
ANSWER
swallowing
QUESTION 4 zm
teeth carnivore
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ANSWER
tearing
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teeth omnivore zm
ANSWER
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QUESTION 6 zm
teeth pig zm
ANSWER
cheek teeth w cone shaped or rounded cups for crushing food
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QUESTION 7 zm
herbivore teeth zm
ANSWER
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QUESTION 8 zm
saliva
ANSWER
beginning of digestion for non-ruminant animals -
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Mucous: to moisten food and stick it together, lubricate for swallowing -
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Amylase (pytalin in humans): digest carbohydrates -
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Bicarbonate in ruminants: produce large amounts of acid in rumen via fermentation, acid is buffered
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in part from bicarbonate from saliva
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QUESTION 9 zm
esophagus
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segmentation: occurs in small intestine; contraction, churning and mixing of food
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QUESTION 10 zm
,stomach
ANSWER
storage chemical digestion
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QUESTION 11 zm
pyloric sphincter
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ANSWER
controls movement of gastric contents between stomach and small intestine
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QUESTION 12 zm
non-ruminant stomach-regions
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ANSWER
4 regions esophageal cardiac fundin pyloric
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QUESTION 13 zm
proventriculous
ANSWER
follows crop, ahead of gizzard stomach like a mammal avian
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QUESTION 14 zm
duodenum
ANSWER
closest to stomach, most active digestion
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QUESTION 15 zm
jejunum
ANSWER
absorption
QUESTION 16 zm
, ileum
ANSWER
absorb B12, anything that wasn't absorbed
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QUESTION 17 zm
large intestine
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ANSWER
food that was not absorbed
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QUESTION 18 zm
colon
ANSWER
storage absorption of water
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QUESTION 19 zm
cecum
ANSWER
bind pouch at junction of small and large intestine non ruminant herbivores (horses, rabbits) provid
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QUESTION 20 zm
bile
ANSWER
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QUESTION 21 zm
gall bladder
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ANSWER
stores bile zm
QUESTION 22 zm