Nutrition in Animals

Science — Curiosity

Nutrition in animals is the process by which animals take in food, digest it, absorb nutrients and use them for energy, growth and repair. This chapter covers the human digestive system and also compares it with digestion in a few other animals such as grass-eating cattle and single-celled amoeba.

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Learning Objectives

  • Understand the steps of nutrition: ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation and egestion.
  • Identify the main parts of the human digestive system.
  • Compare digestion in humans, ruminants (cattle) and amoeba.
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