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Nutrition In Animals

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Fill in the blanks:
(a) The main steps of nutrition in humans are ____, , _, and
(b) The largest gland in the human body is .
(c) The stomach releases hydrochloric acid and juices which act on food.
(d) The inner wall of the small intestine has many finger-like outgrowths called .
(e) Amoeba digests its food in the ____.

Solution

(a) The main steps of nutrition in humans are __ingestion__, __digestion__, __absorption__, __assimilation__ and __egestion__.

(b) The largest gland in the human body is __liver__.

(c) The stomach releases hydrochloric acid and __digestive__ juices which act on food.

(d) The inner wall of the small intestine has many finger-like outgrowths called __villi__.

(e) Amoeba digests its food in the _food vacuole_.

Some More Questions From Nutrition in Animals Chapter

Name the type of carbohydrate that can be digested by ruminants but not by humans. Give the reason also.

Why do we get instant energy from glucose?

Which part of the digestive canal is involved in:
(i) absorption of food .
(ii) chewing of food .
(iii) killing of bacteria .
(iv) complete digestion of food .
(v) formation of faeces .

Write one similarity and one difference between the nutrition in Amoeba and human beings.

Match the items of Column I with suitable items in Column II

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Column I

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Column II

(a)

Salivary gland

(i)

Bile juice secretion

(b)

Stomach

(ii)

Storage of undigested food

(c)

Liver

(iii)

Saliva secretion

(d)

Rectum

(iv)

Acid release

(e)

Small intestine

(v)

Digestion is completed

(f)

Large intestine

(vi)

Absorption of water

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(vii)

Release of faeces

Label the following figure of the digestive system.
A part of human digestive system

Can we survive only on raw, leafy vegetables/grass? Discuss.

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