It includes all those processes by which an animal takes in, digests, absorbs, stores, and uses food to meet its metabolic needs.

• Nutrition

• Digestion

• Dillution

• Absorption

It is the chemical and/or mechanical breakdown of food into particles that individual cells of an animal can absorb.

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• Digestion

• Nutrition

• Absorption

• Respiration

It is needed in large quantities ( CHO, lipids, proteins ). Also used for energy production or as a source for the
“building blocks” of life

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• Macronutrients

• Micronutrients

• Cellular nutrients

• DNA

Type of digestion that takes in whole food via diffusion and active transport

• Intracellular

• Extracellular

• Phagocytosis

• Macro-absorption

Type of digestion that refers to the enzymatic breakdown of large pieces of food into constituent molecules, usually in a special organ or cavity.

• Intracellular

• Extracellular

• Phagocytosis

• Macro-absorption

Type of digestion that is associated with larger animals.

• Intracellular

• Extracellular

• Phagocytosis

• Macro-absorption

Choose all animals that utilize Intracellular Digestion.

• protozoa

• decapods

• sponges

• enidarians

Type of Digestive structure that has a gut composed of a closed/blind sac with a singular opening for both entrance and exit.

• Incomplete Digestive Tract

• Complete Digestive Tract

• Unimodular Digestive tract

• Bimodular Digestive Tract

Type of Digestive structure that has a mouth as entrance for food & anus as exit for undigested food.

• Incomplete Digestive Tract

• Complete Digestive Tract

• Unimodular Digestive tract

• Bimodular Digestive Tract

In an incomplete digestive tract, what do you call the closed/blind sac that comprises the gut?

• Gastrovascular cavity

• Buccal Cavity

• Digestive Cavity

• Intestinal Node