fitness trainer, forensic scientist, urologist, nutritionist, primary care physician, nurse
yes. after its gone through the digestive system, you need to get rid of it!
We need our digestive system to digest the food we eat.
It is a parasite that absorbs predigested food. Why need a digestive system when someone else does it for you?
You need to take care of your digestive system so you will stay healthy. If you do not, you can have major indigestion which can be very painful and lead to further complications.
The digestive system needs other body systems to provide oxygen and fight off infections. Alone, the digestive system would simply not function and die.
Yes you do. It is an important part of the digestive system.
we need small intestines so we can keep the nutriants in our body
Parasitic flatowms typically live in the digestive system. Surrounded by pre-digested nutrients, they can easily absorb basic nutrients that they need to maintain homeostasis. In other words, they are borrowing the host's digestive system.
Tapeworms are parasitic; they don't have need a digestive system because they absorb the nutrients they need from their host(s).
The digestive system
The digestive system separates the nutrients that your body needs from what it doesn't need, and then the not needed stuff becomes solid and liquid waste.
Tapeworms do not have a digestive system because they absorb nutrients directly through their skin from the host's intestines. They rely on their host's digestive system to break down food, which the tapeworm then absorbs.