Question

Different steps in the process of nutrition in animals.. Define each steps ​

Answer 1

Answer:

There are five steps in the process of Nutrition in animals. These are: Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, Assimilation and Egestion. ... Most of the animals include both physical and chemical methods for digesting the food.

Answer 2

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➤ There are five steps in the process of nutrition in animals :-

➥ Ingestion :-

☛ The process of taking food into the body is called ingestion.

☛ In other words ingestion means eating of food by the animals.

➥ Digestion :-

☛ The process in which the food containing large, insoluble molecules is broken down into small,water soluble molecules which can be absorbed by the body is called digestion.

☛ Digestion makes the food soluble so that it can be utilised by the animal's body.

➥ Absorption :-

☛ The process in which the digested food passes through the intestinal wall into blood stream is called absorption.

➥ Assimilation :-

☛ The process in which the absorbed food is taken in by body cells and used for energy , growth and repair is called assimilation.

➥ Egestion :-

☛ The process in which the undigested food is removed from the body is called egestion.