Digestive system
Carnivores need long canine teeth (the teeth at the corners of the mouth) so they can grip and kill prey quickly. Their incisors strip flesh from bones. They don't need molars for grinding food, so they have teeth that slice meat - these are called carnassial teeth. They have a shorter jaw than herbivores because that helps give them a powerful bite.
1. Esophogus- This is a muscular tube. The esophagus is located between the throat and the stomach. Muscular wavelike contractions, or peristalsis, push the food down through the esophagus to the stomach. A muscular ring called the cardiac sphincter, at the end of the esophagus, allows food to enter the stomach, and then it closes to prevent food and fluid from going back up the esophagus.
2. Stomach- organ that lies between the esophagus and the small intestine in the upper abdomen. The stomach has 3 main functions
it stores food and liquid, mixes it up, and emptys the remains into the small intenstine.
3. Small Intestine, Pancreas, Liver and Gall bladder-Most digestion and absorption of food occurs in the small intestine. The small intestine occupies most of the lower abdomen between the stomach and the beginning of the large intestine.
The digestive process is completed here by enzymes and other substances made by intestinal cells, the pancreas, and the liver. Glands in the intestine walls secrete enzymes that breakdown starches and sugars. The pancreas secretes enzymes into the small intestine that help breakdown carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. The liver produces bile, which is stored in the gallbladder. Bile helps to make fat molecules (which otherwise are not soluble in water) soluble, so they can be absorbed by the body.The small intestine absorbs the nutrients from the digestive process. Undigested material travels next to the large intestine.
Large Intestine-It has three parts: the cecum, the colon, and the rectum. The cecum is a pouch at the beginning of the large intestine. This area allows food to pass from the small intestine to the large intestine. The colon is where fluids and salts are absorbed and extends from the cecum to the rectum. The last part of the large intestine is the rectum, where feces (waste) is stored before leaving the body through the anus.The main job of the large intestine is to remove water and salts from the undigested material and to form waste able to be excreted. Liquid waste is removed from the body through the kidneys
Cheetahs are the fastest of all land animals. They eat meat, usually animals like small antelopes. They run to chase their prey.
The cheetah hunts in daytime, but not during the middle part of the day when it is very hot. It shelters during the middle of the day to keep cool. The cheetah bites the neck of the animal first to kill it.
http://hpsanatomy.wikispaces.com/KT-+Cheetahs!
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucG8DjYmcuQ>
1. Esophogus- This is a muscular tube. The esophagus is located between the throat and the stomach. Muscular wavelike contractions, or peristalsis, push the food down through the esophagus to the stomach. A muscular ring called the cardiac sphincter, at the end of the esophagus, allows food to enter the stomach, and then it closes to prevent food and fluid from going back up the esophagus.
2. Stomach- organ that lies between the esophagus and the small intestine in the upper abdomen. The stomach has 3 main functions
it stores food and liquid, mixes it up, and emptys the remains into the small intenstine.
3. Small Intestine, Pancreas, Liver and Gall bladder-Most digestion and absorption of food occurs in the small intestine. The small intestine occupies most of the lower abdomen between the stomach and the beginning of the large intestine.
The digestive process is completed here by enzymes and other substances made by intestinal cells, the pancreas, and the liver. Glands in the intestine walls secrete enzymes that breakdown starches and sugars. The pancreas secretes enzymes into the small intestine that help breakdown carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. The liver produces bile, which is stored in the gallbladder. Bile helps to make fat molecules (which otherwise are not soluble in water) soluble, so they can be absorbed by the body.The small intestine absorbs the nutrients from the digestive process. Undigested material travels next to the large intestine.
Large Intestine-It has three parts: the cecum, the colon, and the rectum. The cecum is a pouch at the beginning of the large intestine. This area allows food to pass from the small intestine to the large intestine. The colon is where fluids and salts are absorbed and extends from the cecum to the rectum. The last part of the large intestine is the rectum, where feces (waste) is stored before leaving the body through the anus.The main job of the large intestine is to remove water and salts from the undigested material and to form waste able to be excreted. Liquid waste is removed from the body through the kidneys
Cheetahs are the fastest of all land animals. They eat meat, usually animals like small antelopes. They run to chase their prey.
The cheetah hunts in daytime, but not during the middle part of the day when it is very hot. It shelters during the middle of the day to keep cool. The cheetah bites the neck of the animal first to kill it.
http://hpsanatomy.wikispaces.com/KT-+Cheetahs!
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucG8DjYmcuQ>