how amoeba digest it's food
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In amoeba, the food vacuoles are transported deeper into the cell and with the help of the digestive enzymes, the large insoluble particles are broken down to the simpler molecules.
♦ Amoeba is a single celled organism which doesn't actually exhibits " Division of labour ".
♦ Amoeba engulfs the food within itself by forming structures called PSEUDOPODIA(which means false feet).
• Digestion in Amoeba is an intracellular process as it doesn't have any specific organ for digestion of food.
• Vacuoles are present for the digestion of food.
•The food breaks down into smaller pieces with the help of certain secreted enzymes.
•Fats are not digested by amoebae.
•After this the food is absorbed and assimilated .
• The type of nutrition is HOLOZOIC.
•The process of engulfing is basically known as PHAGOCYTOSIS or ENDOCYTOSIS .