Question

2. Animal Nutrition

Question 1
Give one suitable biological term for each of the following
1. Muscular contractions in the intestine causing the movement of food
2. Food that has a high fibre content.
3. A nutritional disease caused by a person refusing to eat.
4. Physical breaking down of food in the mouth by the teeth
5. Finger-like projections in the small intestine
6. The breaking down of large fat molecules into tiny droplets.
7. Process by which the liver converts excess amino acids into urea.
8. Region of the alimentary canal where most of the water is reabsorbed.
9. Muscular organ connecting the pharynx to the stomach.
10. Valve that controls the entry of food from the stomach into the duodenum,

Answer 1

1. Muscular contractions in the intestine causing the movement of food.

• Peristaltic movement.

2. Food that has a high fibre content.

• Fibrous

3. A nutritional disease caused by a person refusing to eat.

• Malnutrition

4. Physical breaking down of food in the mouth by the teeth

• Mastication

5. Finger-like projections in the small intestine

• Villi

6. The breaking down of large fat molecules into tiny droplets.

• Emulsification

7. Process by which the liver converts excess amino acids into urea.

• Excretion

8. Region of the alimentary canal where most of the water is reabsorbed.

• Large intestine

9. Muscular organ connecting the pharynx to the stomach.

• Esophagus or Oesophagus

10. Valve that controls the entry of food from the stomach into the duodenum,

• Pyloric sphincter