Explain digestion in amoeba with a neat labelled diagram.
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Digestion in amoeba is intracellular taking place within the cell. The food taken in remains in a food vacuole or gastric vacuole formed by the cell membrane and small part of the cytoplasm. The vacuoles are transported deeper into the cells by cytoplasmic movements. Here they fuse with lysosomes that contain enzymes
=》Amoeba is an unicellular organism. It undergoes intracellular digestion. The modes of nutrients in amoeba is holozoic.
The process of obtaining food by amoeba is phagocytosis.
Ingestion:- When a food particles is near the Amoeba, it form temporary finger-like projections called pseupodia around the food particles and engult it.
Digestion:- The food is digested in the food vacuole with the helps of enzymes.
Absorption:- It is then absorbed in the cytoplasm of the Amoeba by diffusion.
Assimilation:- The absorbed food provides energy and a part of nutrition is used for growth.
Egestion:- The undigested and the waste food particles are thrown out.
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