HUMAN NUTRITION

NUTRITION

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Food goes down to the esophagus
A
Then to the stomach
B
Then to reticulum
C
Then to the rumen
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When the cattle swallows the plant material and saliva mix, it will travel down the esophagus to the rumen. The esophagus performs the swallowing action through waves of muscle contractions, moving the feed down.

Detailed explanation-2: -The four components of a ruminant’s stomach are the reticulum, rumen, omasum, and abomasum. Food first travels to the reticulum to begin digestion and then to the larger rumen for more mixing and fermentation.

Detailed explanation-3: -But small amounts may pass into the lower digestive tract and absorb there. Feed protein (not broken down in the rumen) and microbial protein pass to the abomasum and small intestine for digestion and absorption.

Detailed explanation-4: -When food reaches the end of your esophagus, a ringlike muscle-called the lower esophageal sphincter-relaxes and lets food pass into your stomach. This sphincter usually stays closed to keep what’s in your stomach from flowing back into your esophagus. Stomach.

Detailed explanation-5: -Peristalsis is a series of wave-like muscle contractions that move food through the digestive tract. It starts in the esophagus where strong wave-like motions of the smooth muscle move balls of swallowed food to the stomach.

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