6 Questions
What are the five phases of nutrition in animals?
Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, Assimilation, Egestion
Define Ingestion in the context of animal nutrition.
Intake of food material inside the body through the mouth.
Explain the process of Absorption in animal nutrition.
Absorption is the process of diffusion of digested food into blood and lymph.
What is Assimilation and how does it relate to animal nutrition?
Assimilation is the conversion of absorbed simple food into the complex substances of the body.
Describe Digestion in the context of nutrition in higher organisms.
Digestion is a physico-chemical process in which complex food material is converted into simple and diffusible food material with the help of enzymes.
What are the two essential needs provided by nutrients?
Energy and matter
Test your knowledge about the fundamental substances that provide energy and matter to the body, as well as the process of utilizing these substances for life sustenance. Explore the different types of nutrients present in food and the phases of nutrition in animals.
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