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    Ruminant animals have a four-chambered stomach containing the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum. Food is fermented in the rumen by microbes and then regurgitated as cud to be rechewed before moving to the other stomach chambers and intestines for further digestion and nutrient absorption. Ruminants include herbivorous grazing animals like cattle, goats, and sheep.

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    Ruminant Digestive System: Ms. Zubiate

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    Ruminant animals have a four-chambered stomach containing the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum. Food is fermented in the rumen by microbes and then regurgitated as cud to be rechewed before moving to the other stomach chambers and intestines for further digestion and nutrient absorption. Ruminants include herbivorous grazing animals like cattle, goats, and sheep.

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    Ruminant animals have a four-chambered stomach containing the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum. Food is fermented in the rumen by microbes and then regurgitated as cud to be rechewed before moving to the other stomach chambers and intestines for further digestion and nutrient absorption. Ruminants include herbivorous grazing animals like cattle, goats, and sheep.

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    Ruminant Digestive System: Ms. Zubiate

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    Ruminant

    Digestive System

    Ms. Zubiate
    What is a ruminant animal ?
     Other characteristics:
     A grazing animal
    1. No upper incisors (teeth) called
    that has a a dental pad.
    digestives system
    with 1 stomach 2. Chews cud (soft mass of already
    containing 4 parts. chewed food) that is brought
    back up through the esophagus.

    3. All ruminants are herbivores,


    meaning they only eat plant
    matter.
    Can you think of any ruminant
    animals?
    Pathway of food through digestive
    system.
     1. mouth
     2. esophagus
     3. rumen
     4. back to mouth for “chewing of cud”
     5. Reticulum
     6. omasum
     7. abomasum
     8. small intestine
     9. Large intestine
    Getting Started!
     1.Using prehensile organs (lips & tongue) the
    animal take food into its mouth where it is then
    broken down using the teeth.
    The esophagus

     2. After the food is broken


    down into smaller particles it
    is swallowed and passes
    through the esophagus using
    muscle contractions known as
    peristalsis.

    Muscle contraction is called peristalsis:


    The rumen
     3. The largest compartment of the ruminant
    stomach is the rumen. This is where the food that
    the animal has been taken in is mostly fermented,
    it also houses the bacteria, protozoa, and fungi that
    aids in the breaking down of food.

    Microbes in the rumen are what break up


    the plant matter and convert it to energy
    that the animal can use.

    Fermentation also produces large amounts


    of gas.
    RUMEN
    Chewing cud

     Food that is stored in the rumen is regurgitated


    back up through esophagus to be re-chewed in
    the mouth. This is know as “chewing cud”. Food
    can be re-chewed more than one time.

     The food that is regurgitated back into the mouth


    is known as a bolus.

     Once the food has been broken down enough it


    will then move onto the next step in the digestion
    process of being swallowed, moved through the
    esophagus then back into the rumen.
    The reticulum
     4. Once food is broken
    down small enough it will
    travel from the rumen to the
    reticulum.

     The reticulum is the


    honeycomb shaped on the
    inside and is very tough.

     The reticulum can trap


    foreign objects that should
    not have been eaten in the
    first place, such as RETICULUM
    hardware.
    The Omasum
     5. Food enters the
    omasum after leaving the
    reticulum.

     The omasum acts as a


    filter to absorb water and
    nutrients from what has Omasum
    not been digested yet.

     The omasum resembles an


    open book because of its
    “pages” texture.
    Abomasum
     6. Once leaving the omasum
    the rest of the plant matter
    will enter the abomasum.

     The abomasum is also


    known as the true stomach.

     In the abomasum gastric


    juices, hydrochloric acid, and
    digestive enzymes break
    plant matter down into its
    most basic molecular
    components so that the walls
    of the intestines can absorb
    them. Abomasum
    Small intestine
     From the abomasum the
    plant matter will then
    travel to the small
    intestine.

     Here, it is exposed to
    enzymes from the
    pancreas and intestinal Small intestine
    walls, and bile from the
    liver.

     Dietary protein, starch,


    sugars, and fats are all
    completely digested here
    to enter the bloodstream.
    large intestine
     Following the small
    intestine any remaining
    plant matter will pass into
    the large intestine.

     This is the second site of


    fermentation (after the
    rumen) where excess
    water is reabsorbed.

     The large intestine is the


    final site of the large intestine
    gastrointestinal tract
    (GIT), and will hold feces
    until it is expelled through
    the anus.

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