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What structure grinds up the mixture the earthworm eats?
The gizzard in an earthworm is the structure that grinds up the organic material it consumes. It is a muscular structure that helps break down the food into smaller pieces for digestion.
What organ makes up for the bird's lack of teeth?
since a bird has no teeth to chew its food it's stomach has a special section called a gizzard which grinds the food to make the food easier to absorb in the instine
What is harder the crop or gizzard in an earthworm?
The gizzard is harder than the crop in an earthworm. The gizzard is a muscular organ with stones inside that help grind up food, while the crop is a storage organ that stores food temporarily before it moves to the gizzard for digestion.
Do chickens have teeth?
No. Except for dividing some foods in their beaks, they swallow their food as is. It grinds up in their gizzard.
What the purpose of a gizzard on a owl?
In most birds a gizzard is sort of a 'second' stomach. It grinds food and breaks it up by mechanical digestion before chemical digestion can start. Some birds eat stones or bits of bone or bark that can be found in the gizzard and help with breaking down the food theat they eat.
What is part of the earthworm's digestive system that grinds food?
The Gizzard, it's the part of the worm that grinds up foods or solids.
What structure grinds up the mixture the earthworm eats?
The gizzard in an earthworm is the structure that grinds up the organic material it consumes. It is a muscular structure that helps break down the food into smaller pieces for digestion.
Compare and contrast an earthworm gizzard to teeth in other animals?
Both an earthworm gizzard and teeth in other animals are structures used for breaking down food, but they do so in different ways. The earthworm gizzard is a muscular organ that grinds up food with the help of small rocks, while teeth in other animals cut, tear, and grind food using hard structures made of enamel. Additionally, teeth are present in a wide variety of animals, while the gizzard is a specialized structure found only in earthworms.
What structure grinds up what earthworms eat?
The gizzard is the structure that grinds up the food.
What organ makes up for the bird's lack of teeth?
since a bird has no teeth to chew its food it's stomach has a special section called a gizzard which grinds the food to make the food easier to absorb in the instine
What is harder the crop or gizzard in an earthworm?
The gizzard is harder than the crop in an earthworm. The gizzard is a muscular organ with stones inside that help grind up food, while the crop is a storage organ that stores food temporarily before it moves to the gizzard for digestion.
What organ system does the gizzard belong to?
A gizzard is a muscular organ inside a bird that grinds up food.
Why is gravel important to a bird?
they swallow it then it grinds up their food.
What is the function of a worm's intestine?
it grinds up the food even more
How does the gizzard and the inward fold of the intestine help the earthworm digest food?
The gizzard grinds up all the food to the intestine can absorb it. The inward fold of the intestine, also known as the typhlosole, adds surface area to the intestine. That gives the earthworm's intestine more absorptive surface area. The gizzard and the inward flap of the intestine work together to let the worm absorb more of what it takes in.
How does the pancreas help with digestion?
it grinds up the food, sends it to your brain to churn it, then spits it out your butt into the toilet
What organ breaks up food?
tongue
