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===The Rumen===
<FlashCard questions="10">
|q1=What is the temperature inside the rumen?
|a1=38-40°C
|l1=Rumen - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure
|q2=How can the rumen be located anatomically?
|a2=
*Left hand side
*8th rib to pelvic inlet
|l2=Rumen - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure
|q3=Where are ruminal contractions felt and how many occur per minute?
|a3=
*Left paralumbar fossa
*1 to 2 per minute
|l3=Rumen - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure
|q4=Which nerve innervates the rumen?
|a4=
*Dorsal vagus nerve (CN X)
*Ventral vagus nerve (CN X)
|l4=Rumen - Anatomy & Physiology#Innervation
|q5=The primary contraction? & The secondary contraction?
|a5=
*Mixes food
*Lets gases out
|l5=Rumen - Anatomy & Physiology#Ruminoreticular contraction
|q6=What type of epithelium lines the rumen?
|a6=Keratinised stratified squamous
|l6=Rumen - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology
|q7=Name the three main types of microbacterial populations in the rumen
|a7=
*Bacteria
*Protozoa
*Fungi
|l7=Rumen - Anatomy & Physiology#Rumen Microbes
|q8=Name the 3 types of volatile fatty acid
|a8=
*Acetic acid
*Butyric acid
*Propanoic acid
|l8=Volatile Fatty Acids
|q9=If the levels of volatile fatty acids increases, does this increase or decrease stomach motility?
|a9=Decrease
|l9=Rumen - Anatomy & Physiology#Innervation
|q10=What are the names of the gases that ruminants release through eructation?
|a10=
*Carbon Dioxide
*Methane
*Hydrogen
|l10=Eructation - Anatomy & Physiology
</FlashCard>
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