Elaboration of the stomach is characteristic of
A) carnivores, because the stomach is the principal site for protein digestion.
B) folivores, because the leaves are the least-nutritious herbage and must therefore be stored for long periods of foregut fermentation.
C) birds, macropods and ruminants.
D) herbivores, such as rabbits, koalas and possums, because hindgut fermentation is very inefficient.
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Q12: The digestive process breaks large molecules into
Q13: Pepsin is
A) a zymogen.
B) directly elicited by
Q14: The stomach is protected from being digested
Q15: Digestive secretion in humans is
A) under hormonal
Q16: Gut passage rates
A) of herbivores are relatively
Q18: In foregut fermentation
A) the animal first digests
Q19: After digestion, molecules are absorbed across the
Q20: In general, animal intestines
A) do not change
Q21: Phagocytosis as a mechanism for the ingestion
Q22: In the evolution of digestive systems
A) cnidarians
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