1. What do you call the tube that is shared by the digestive and the respiratory systems? _________
What prevents food from entering the respiratory system? ____________________________
2. Early digestion begins in the _____________________. At the bottom, the _________________
Moves the food into the _________________________________.
3. The glands of the digestive system are ____________________________, __________________
and ___________________________. The ______________________are located ____________
and their function is to ____________________________________________________________.
4. The largest organ in the cat’s body is the ______________. It produces ____________ that aids
in digesting ___________. That product is stored in the _________________________ and
travels through the _____________________ to the ____________________________ after a
meal. Other functions of this organ include _________________blood, destroy ______________
and store ____________ in the form of ____________________________.
5. The other gland of the digestive system is the _____________________. It produces digestive
juices called __________________ and contains small glands called _____________________
that produce _______________________. This product is necessary in utilizing ____________
__________________. Lack of this product causes ______________________.
6. The first section of the small intestine is the _____________________. ___________________
_________________ secreted by the small intestine together with _____________ and
____________________________ digest the food so it can be ____________________ into the
body. That which is left over moves to the large intestine where ________________________
is removed and the remaining waste product is moved through the last section of the large
intestine called the ____________________and out of the body.
7. Blood is filtered through the _____________________where a liquid waste product called
_________________ is produced. That product passes through the ______________________,
is stored in the ___________________________and passes through the ___________________
to the outside of the body.
1. What is the technical term for spaying?_______________________________________
At what age can this be done?_____________________________
