Holozoic Nutrition

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Holozoic Nutrition: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Absorption of Food, Egestion, Assimilation, and Holozoic Nutrition.

Important Questions on Holozoic Nutrition

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In cockroach, excretion occurs through_____.

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The study of ecology from the standpoint of individual species is called:

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Humans show holozoic nutrition.

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Define assimilation.

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Describe the importance of assimilation.

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Define holozoic nutrition.

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Cells and tissues are the sites of assimilation.

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Name the process in which the absorbed food material is transformed into intracellular protoplasm.

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Assimilation is the process of 

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Choose the odd one from the given options.

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Which organ is involved in the assimilation of water into the body?

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In the human body, where does the process of nutrition assimilation take place?

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The fertilizer which is assimilated directly by the plant is known as ?

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Absorption of digested food takes part in which organ?

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Which two among the following four statements are incorrect?

  1. Fructose is generally absorbed by simple diffusion.
  2. The digestive wastes, solidified into coherent faeces in the rectum initiate an endocrinal action causing an urge or desire for its removal.
  3. The food mixes thoroughly with the acidic gastric juice of the stomach by the churning movements of its muscular wall and is called the chyme.
  4. The secretions of the brush border cells of the mucosa along with the secretions of the goblet cells constitute the succus entericus.

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 Which of the following is the final stage in nutrition?