DIGESTIVE MODULE

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

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

Note: Answer in CAPS only.

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

Note: Answer in CAPS only.

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

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

Type of digestion that is associated with larger animals.

Choose all animals that utilize Intracellular Digestion.

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

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

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