Overview of Animal Nutrition and Ingestion

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Essential fatty acids
________: important for phospholipid membrane; and principal storage compound.
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Nutrition
________: process of consuming and using food and nutrients.
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Vitamins
________: organic molecules in small amounts; serve as coenzymes.
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Suspension feeding
________: filter organic matter out of water.
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Herbivores
________: mainly eat plants and algae.
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Bulk feeding
________: they use many modified body parts like tentacles, beaks, claws, pincers, etc.
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Nutrients
________ must be absorbed by the epithelial cells lining the digestive tract.
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Essential amino acids
________: in order for protein synthesis to occur in human adults, eight amino acids must be available simultaneously and in the correct relative amounts.
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Minerals
________: inorganic molecules in small amounts.
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Fluid feeding
________: lick or suck fluid from plants or animals.
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Nutrient
________: any substance consumed by an animal that is needed for survival, growth, development, tissue repair, or reproduction.
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Nutrition
process of consuming and using food and nutrients
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Nutrient
any substance consumed by an animal that is needed for survival, growth, development, tissue repair, or reproduction
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Essential amino acids
in order for protein synthesis to occur in human adults, eight amino acids must be available simultaneously and in the correct relative amounts
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Essential fatty acids
important for phospholipid membrane; and principal storage compound
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Vitamins
organic molecules in small amounts; serve as coenzymes
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Minerals
inorganic molecules in small amounts
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Herbivores
mainly eat plants and algae
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Carnivores
eat other animals
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Omnivores
consume animals, plants, and algae
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Most animals are opportunistic
eating food
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Suspension feeding
filter organic matter out of water
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Bulk feeding
they use many modified body parts like tentacles, beaks, claws, pincers, etc
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Fluid feeding
lick or suck fluid from plants or animals