Briefly describe the process of digestion in Amoeba with the help of labelled diagram. [NCERT Examplar]
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Amoeba takes in nutrition by the process called phagocytosis.
In this process, a solid food particle is first surrounded by pseudopodia (cytoplasmic filled projection of cell membrane) and forms a vacuole called as phagosome.
The vacuole fuses with lysosome to form phagolysosome where the digestion of food takes place with the help of digestive enzymes. After this, absorption of food takes place by the cytoplasm.
The absorbed food is finally utilized for various processes such as energy production, growth and repair.
The final step is egestion buy which undigested material is released out of the body by the rupture of the cell membrane.
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