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Quiz about Digestive System Of The Horse

Digestive System Of The Horse Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge of the horse's digestive system by giving me the missing word or words from each sentence.

A multiple-choice quiz by Buzby. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Buzby

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
149,780

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
4600

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: gibbysgab (2/10), Guest 90 (8/10), Guest 145 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

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. Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. The epiglottis passes over the trachea to prevent food from entering the lungs. Instead it passes through the pharynx into which of these? Hint

oesophagus

windpipe

stomach

pancreas

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Question 3 of 10

3. Food enters which part of the digestive system via the cardiac sphincter? Hint

stomach

pancreas

oesophagus

small Intestine

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Question 4 of 10

4. Food passes into the small intestine. The small intestine consists of three sections. They are _______
________ and ______. Hint

duodenum, oesphageal, caecum

duodenum, jejenum, ilium

caecum, rectum, pancreas

caecum, large colon, small colon

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Question 5 of 10

5. The small intestine requires ________ conditions.

Answer: (One Word - acid or alkaline)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Bile is produced in the _____. Hint

pancreas

liver

duodenum

gall bladder

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Question 7 of 10

7. The _____
_________ is made up of caecum, large colon, small colon and rectum.

Answer: (Two Words - L____ I_________)

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Question 8 of 10

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

twists

flexures

bends

pivots

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Question 9 of 10

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

colon

small intestine

duodenum

rectum

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Question 10 of 10

10. The horse's digestive tract is approximately ___ feet long. Hint

100

300

200

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

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.

Answer: 4

The horse has four pairs of salivary glands; parotid, sublingual and mandibular. Around three gallons of saliva is produced daily and contains bicarbonate, which is an alkaline to help neutralise or buffer acid in the stomach.

2. The epiglottis passes over the trachea to prevent food from entering the lungs. Instead it passes through the pharynx into which of these?

Answer: oesophagus

The oesaphagus is a muscular tube 1.2-1.5m long. Food is pushed along the oesophagus by a continuous muscular contraction known as peristalsis or 'peristaltic wave'.

3. Food enters which part of the digestive system via the cardiac sphincter?

Answer: stomach

The stomach of the horse is relatively small (about the size of a rugby ball) and has four areas: oesphageal region, cardiac region, fundic region and pyloric region.

4. Food passes into the small intestine. The small intestine consists of three sections. They are _______ ________ and ______.

Answer: duodenum, jejenum, ilium

Around 50--70% of carbohydrate digestion and absorption, and almost all amino acid absorption occurs within the small intestine.

5. The small intestine requires ________ conditions.

Answer: alkaline

The digestive enzymes in the small intestine require alkaline conditions to function correctly. This is produced by pancreatic juice from the pancreas and bile from the liver.

6. Bile is produced in the _____.

Answer: liver

The horse has no gall bladder to store bile, instead it trickles continuously into the duodenum from the liver via the bile duct.

7. The _____ _________ is made up of caecum, large colon, small colon and rectum.

Answer: large intestine

The large intestine is responsible for most fibre digestion.

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

Answer: flexures

The large intestine is 3-4 meters long and is folded in order to fit into the abdomen.

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

Answer: rectum

The rectum is a short tube connecting the small colon to the anus. It acts as storage area for faeces before being evacuated as dung.

10. The horse's digestive tract is approximately ___ feet long.

Answer: 100

In order to fit into the abdomen, the digestive tract is loosely coiled and held in place by sheets of mesentery tissue.

Source: Author Buzby

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