Finger like projections are given out of body of amoeba to capture food.Name these projections.what is the another function of these? Name the structure in which food is digested in amoeba?
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Answer:
pseudopodia is the right answer
Explanation:
Pseudopodia is a word composed of two parts: pseudo and podia both of which are derived from Greek.
Pseudo means false.
Podia (singular is podium) means feet.
So, combining the translations, we get,
Psedopodia = false feet
Amoeba is very simple organism that does not have a proper shape. "The first thing a child can draw is an amoeba,” one of my teachers said.
When an amoeba senses the presence of food, it's cell membrane extends in that direction. Then the cytosome and enzyme flows. This is how pseudopodia are formed. The food is then engulfed and digested.
So, these false feet are used by amoeba for locomotion and for ingestion (engulfing the food).
Answer:
pseudopodia is the finger like projections . The function of pseudopodia includes locomotion and ingestion.The amoeba engulfs its prey along with a droplet of water in the food vacuole inside the cytoplasm. Food vacuoles circulate in the cytoplasm by streaming movements. The prey can be killed and digested with the help of the digestive enzymes secreted by the food vacuole. Digestion is intracellular in ameoba