Animal Nutrition I (Ch. 41)
Keywords Heterotroph Autotroph Herbivore Carnivore Omnivore Intracellular digestion Food vacuole Extracellular digestion Gastrovascular cavity Alimentary canal Basic parts of alimentary canal Roles of mouth and stomach in digestion
Some of the best known and fascinating adaptations of animals involve their feeding and digestion
Examples: Reptile swallowing prey Baleen whales
Python
Starfish
Chiasmodon niger
Cryptopsaras couesi
Eurypharynx pelecanoides
Categories I. Autotroph II. Heterotroph –A. Herbivore –B. Carnivore –C. Omnivore
Today we’ll focus on heterotrophs: Digestion Basic principles Invertebrates Humans
Why is digestion necessary? Macromolecules cannot easily enter cell COO- NH3+ cytoplasm Cell membrane peptide
Small molecules such as amino acids can cytoplasm Cell membrane Peptide being digested
cytoplasm Cell membrane Peptide being digested
cytoplasm Cell membrane Peptide being digested
cytoplasm Cell membrane Peptide being digested
cytoplasm Cell membrane Digested peptide
Even if macromolecules are taken in… COO- NH3+ cytoplasm Cell membrane peptide
Even if macromolecules are taken in… COO- NH3+ cytoplasm Cell membrane peptide
They cannot be readily incorporated COO- NH3+ cytoplasm Cell membrane Food peptide New peptide
Unless broken down first cytoplasm Cell membrane Food peptide New peptide
Unless broken down first cytoplasm Cell membrane Food peptide New peptide
Unless broken down first cytoplasm Cell membrane Food peptide New peptide
This lecture will focus on how animals break down food I. Intracellular digestion –A. food vacuoles II. Extracellular digestion –A. outside organism –B. gastrovascular cavity –C. alimentary canal
I. Intracellular digestion A. food vacuoles
Intracellular digestion without vacuoles
Intracellular digestion with vacuoles
Digestion in Paramecium
Intracellular digestion vs. Extracellular digestion
Extracellular digestion A. outside organism B. gastrovascular cavities C. alimentary canal
Extracellular digestion A. outside organism B. gastrovascular cavities C. alimentary canal
Gastrovascular cavity: Hydra
Extracellular digestion A. outside organism B. gastrovascular cavities C. alimentary canal
Gastrovascular cavity vs. Alimentary Canal
Alimentary canal: a simple view
mouth Mechanical digestion storage absorption anus Basic parts of alimentary canal
Alimentary canal: mammalian
Mouth Mechanical enzymatic
Stomach
Digestive mechanisms in stomach Mechanical Chemical enzymatic