Q. Type of nutrition in which food is taken as a whole through mouth is _.

A
Saprozoic
B
Parasitic
C
Holozoic
D
Autotrophic
Solution:
  • Holozoic nutrition is a method of nutrition that involves the ingestion of liquid or solid organic material, digestion, absorption and assimilation of it to utilize it.
  • It includes taking in the complex substances and converting them into simpler forms and this nutrition involves:
    1 Ingestion: Taking in complex organic food through mouth opening 2 Digestion: Change of complex food into simple form by action of enzymes.
    3 Absorption: Passing of simple, soluble nutrients through blood or lymph.
    4 Assimilation: Utilization of absorbed food for various metabolic processes. 5 Egestion: Expelling out the undigested food.
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