Nutrients
Organisms that provide their own food.
Autotrophs
Raw materials for photosynthesis
Sunlight, Water, and Carbon Dioxide
Final step
Elimination
Stretchable Sac
Stomach
Largest gland
Liver
Organisms that depends on the external environment to have their own food.
Heterotrophs
Essential Nutrients
Breakdown of food
Digestion
Coiled Muscular Tube
Short Intestine
Stores bile
Gallbladder
The first function of nutrients
Energy provider
Grain
Carbohydrates
After digestion
Absorption
Point of Entry
Mouth
Produces bile
Liver
The second function of nutrients.
Contribution to body structure
Meat
Protein
Food intake
Ingestion
Shorter in length but larger in diameter
Large Intestine
Watery substance
Saliva
The third function of nutrients.
Regulation of chemical processes in the body
Oil
Chemical Digestion
A movement
Peristaltic contractions/movement
It has 4 parts
Accessory organs