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Standard XII
Biology
Excretory Systems in Different Organisms
Name the orga...
Question
Name the organ that helps in nutrition in
Hydra
?
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Solution
Hydra
:
Hydra
is a multicellular organism.
It has a large number of tentacles throughout its mouth.
It has an incomplete digestive system.
Both the inlet of the food and the outlet of the excrete happens via the mouth.
Nutrition in
Hydra
:
For the ingestion of food, It uses its tentacles in the mouth.
The tentacles capture small aquatic animals.
Then, it kills and pushes them into the mouth.
Inside, the digestive enzymes secreted by the cells, digest the food and absorbs the nutrition.
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