Digestion 3070

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Organ System Working Together

Ved Jack Pascall

1. Taking care of a pet

Ved Nelly Enlund

Ducks and wildfowl

Ved Ernest Prades

Biochemical Reactions

Ved Anastasiya Dyadchenko

Digestion

Why do we need food?

Food = Nutritional Molecules

1. Fuel
2. Building blocks (synthesis during tissue growth/cell turnover)

Feeding Mechanisms

DEPOSIT FEEDERS (detritivory)

CARNIVORES

HERBIVORES

SUSPENSION/ FILTER FEEDING

sessile aquatic animals, sponges, hydra

ENDOCYTOSIS

pgagocytosis or phenocytosis

amoeba

SURFACE ABSORPTION

taenia

Animals can either wait or forage for food

Problems: Undernourishment vs Overnourishment