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Biology 2 - C04 - 06

🧬📗1️⃣ Module 4 - Animal Digestion & Nutrition - SET 6

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What is ingestion? The process of taking in food into the body.
What is digestion? The breakdown of food into simpler molecules.
What is mechanical digestion? Physical breakdown of food such as chewing and stomach churning.
What is chemical digestion? Enzymatic breakdown of complex molecules into simpler ones.
Where does most nutrient absorption occur? In the small intestine.
What is absorption? Movement of nutrients from the digestive tract into the bloodstream.
What is assimilation? Use of absorbed nutrients by cells for energy, growth, and repair.
What is a complete digestive tract? A digestive system with separate mouth and anus.
What is an incomplete digestive tract? A digestive system with only one opening for ingestion and egestion.
Give an example of an animal with a complete digestive tract. Most vertebrates such as mammals and birds.
Give an example of an animal with an incomplete digestive tract. Cnidarians and flatworms.
What is a herbivore? An animal that primarily eats plants.
What is a carnivore? An animal that primarily eats meat.
What is an omnivore? An animal that eats both plants and animals.
Give an example of a herbivore. Cows, rabbits, horses.
Give an example of a carnivore. Lions, wolves, sharks.
Give an example of an omnivore. Humans, pigs, bears.
What is avian digestion? The specialized digestive process found in birds.
What is the crop in birds? A storage organ that temporarily holds food.
What is the gizzard? A muscular stomach in birds that grinds food using swallowed grit.
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