1 Vertebrates that have an enlarged cecum colon or both and

1.) Vertebrates that have an enlarged cecum, colon, or both, and gut chambers that are specialized to support communities of mixed, fermenting microbes are known as which of the following?

a.) foregut fermentation

b.) hindgut fermentation

c.) autotrophic symbiosis

d.) suspension feeding

2.)Which of the following about carbohydrate digestion is false?

a.) The first enzyme to act on starches or glycogen is amylase.

b.) Enzymes that hydrolyze disaccharides into monosaccharides are called disaccharises.

c.) In vertebrates, disaccharidases are found in the apical membrane of foregut epithelium.

d.) Cellulase is required for the breakdown of cellulose and is not synthesized by any vertebrates.

Solution

1. The answer is: b. hindgut fermentation.

Vertebrates that have an enlarged cecum, colon, or both, and gut chambers that are specialized to support communities of mixed, fermenting microbes are known as Hindgut fermentation.

2. The false statement is: c.) In vertebrates, disaccharidases are found in the apical membrane of foregut epithelium.

The correct statement is: In vertebrates, disaccharidases are found in the apical membrane of midgut epithelium.