Animal Nutrition and the Digestive System

Recall cards on animal nutrition and digestion: dietary categories (herbivores, carnivores, omnivores); digestive-system types (gastrovascular cavity, alimentary canal, monogastric, avian, ruminant, and pseudo-ruminant); the vertebrate digestive organs from oral cavity to anus and the accessory organs (liver, pancreas, gallbladder); essential nutrients, the vitamins and minerals with their functions and deficiency diseases; ATP and energy production; the four digestive processes (ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination) with carbohydrate, protein, and lipid digestion; and neural and hormonal regulation of digestion.