Overview of Animal Nutrition and Ingestion

Essential fatty acids

: important for phospholipid membrane; and principal storage compound.

Nutrition

: process of consuming and using food and nutrients.

Vitamins

: organic molecules in small amounts; serve as coenzymes.

Suspension feeding

: filter organic matter out of water.

Herbivores

: mainly eat plants and algae.

Bulk feeding

: they use many modified body parts like tentacles, beaks, claws, pincers, etc.

Nutrients

must be absorbed by the epithelial cells lining the digestive tract.

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.

Minerals

: inorganic molecules in small amounts.

Fluid feeding

: lick or suck fluid from plants or animals.

Nutrient

: any substance consumed by an animal that is needed for survival, growth, development, tissue repair, or reproduction.

Nutrition

process of consuming and using food and nutrients

Nutrient

any substance consumed by an animal that is needed for survival, growth, development, tissue repair, or reproduction

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

Essential fatty acids

important for phospholipid membrane; and principal storage compound

Vitamins

organic molecules in small amounts; serve as coenzymes

Minerals

inorganic molecules in small amounts

Herbivores

mainly eat plants and algae

Carnivores

eat other animals

Omnivores

consume animals, plants, and algae

Most animals are opportunistic

eating food

Suspension feeding

filter organic matter out of water

Bulk feeding

they use many modified body parts like tentacles, beaks, claws, pincers, etc

Fluid feeding

lick or suck fluid from plants or animals