alleryStart learning →What does the term monogastric tell you about a digestive system?
AIt has no stomach whatsoever
BIt has one stomach chamber only
CIt has four stomach chambers
DIt has one opening for digestion
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. It has one stomach chamber only
1. The word splits into mono, meaning one, and gastric, meaning stomach.
2. So a monogastric system has a single stomach chamber.
3. Humans and many other animals are built this way.
4. Ruminants are the contrast, having a stomach divided into several chambers.
_Source: OpenStax Biology 1e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 34 "Animal Nutrition and the Digestive System", section Monogastric: Single-chambered Stomach_
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