CAS BI 108 Chapter Notes - Chapter 41: Gastrointestinal Tract, Gastrovascular Cavity, Muscle Atrophy
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Explain how different digestive systems are adapted to specific diets. Identify stages of the digestive process and the organs involved therein. Nutrition in animals consists of a process whereby food is taken up from the environment, digested, and used for energy. Herbivores are animals that eat primarily plant matter, whereas carnivores mostly eat other animals and omnivores consume both plants and animals. To maintain good health and reproductive success, animals must obtain an appropriate diet. Animal diets need to provide the animal with chemical energy, organic molecules, and. 41. 1 dietary requirements in animals essential nutrients in order for the animal to survive. Chemical energy is important because it is used to make atp which drives many critical biological processes including other aspects of nutrient digestion. Certain molecules known as essential nutrients are chemicals that animals cannot synthesize from other organic compounds but are required for the animal to be healthy.
