Question

Name different steps involved in animal nutrition.

Answer 1

PROCESS OF NUTRITION IN ANIMALS:

1. The process of nutrition involves the following five steps:
   1. Ingestion: Ingestion means taking solid or liquid food into the body.
   2. Digestion: Digestion is the breaking down of complex food components into simple substances.
   3. Absorption: Digested food passes from the alimentary canal and is absorbed into the blood and lymph through intestinal villi.
   4. Assimilation: Utilization of absorbed food by different body cells.
   5. Egestion: Elimination/Excretion of undigested food in the form of feces.