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Invertebrate Digestive Systems

Invertebrates with Extracellular Digestion

Invertebrates with Extracellular Digestion

Invertebrates like grasshoppers have alimentary canals with specialized compartments for digestion. Their food is broken down in their digestive tract (extracellular digestion), rather than inside their individual cells (intracellular digestion).

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Related Terms

  • extracellular
  • extracellular digestion
  • intracellular digestion
  • alimentary canal
  • casting
  • intracellular
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