Question

Nutrition in human is holozoic. what do you mean by this.

Answer 1

Holozoic nutrition:

1. It is the process by which an organism intakes a complex food item in solid or liquid forms within its body and that undergoes certain processes within the body and gets converted into simpler forms and finally is absorbed into our body.
2. This simpler substance is then used for obtaining energy.
3. The steps in this process include ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation, and egestion.
4. For example, Amoeba, Humans, etc.
5. Food travels through all these processes in humans for obtaining nutrition.
6. And because of all these reasons, it is said that nutrition in humans is Holozoic.