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Nutrition - Lesson One Quiz

1. Name the two methods used in processing feed during digestion.

2.The salivary glands are stimulated by the _____________action.

3. What is the term used to describe when teeth do not meet properly?

4. Horses teeth do not grow – they _______________.

5. As a horse chews the feed is softened with _____________.

6. Choke occurs in what part of the horse’s body?

7. The cardiac sphincter valve, at the base of the esophagus, prevents the horse from ________________.

8. The equine stomach is small and requires______________ ____________ meals.

9. _____________ carbohydrates are absorbed in the small intestine.

10. List the types of nutrients absorbed in the small intestine.

11. _____________ carbohydrates are absorbed in the large intestine.

12. Which section of the large intestine is the fermentation vat?

13. An expanded cecum caused by overly mature hay results in a _____________.

14. What type of feed is the equine digestive system best suited to utilize?

15. What is the approximate length of the equine digestive system?

16. What can happen if the colon is not kept in place by fibrous bulk?

17. Why do changes in a horse’s diet have to be made gradually?

18. List the parts of the equine digestive system in the order a meal would travel.

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