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Nutrition In Animals
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 __________.
(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
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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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