Question

Differentiate between intracellular and extracellular digestion

Answer 1

Answer:

The main difference between intracellular and extracellular digestion is that intracellular digestion occurs inside the food vacuoles within the cell whereas extracellular digestion occurs outside the cell in the lumen of the alimentary canal or on the decaying organic materials.

Answer 2

Digestion taking place inside the cell is called intracellular digestion.

ex : Porifera

Digestion taking place outside the cell is called extracellular digestion.

Platyhelminthes ,Aschelminthes, Annelida,arthrpoda , Mollusca, Echinodermata, Chordata