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Why is a food vacuole formed in amoeba and not in your stomach?
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Why food vacuole is not formed in your stomach?
food vacuole is mainly formed in amoeba, where it digests the food with several enzymes and then destroys. but in our body stomach is there to digest the food.
How does a amoeba use a food vacuole?
Enzymes move into the vacuole to digest food, and the digested food passes into the amoeba
What does the Food Vacuole do in the Amoeba Cell?
The food vacuole is formed by the outer membrane of the amoeba after phagocytosis, digestive enzymes then enter the food vacuole which digest the food that was recently taken in by pseudopods.
How does food storage and digestion take place in amoeba?
The digestion of food in Amoeba takes place in the food vacuole. :)
Where does digestion happen in the ameba and paramecium?
Digestion in amoeba is intracellular taking place within the cell. The food taken in remains in a food vacuole or gastric vacuole formed by the cell membrane and small part of the cytoplasm. The vacuoles are transported deeper into the cells by cytoplasmic movements. Here they fuse with lysosomes that contain enzymes. Two enzymes amylase and proteinase have been reported. Thus, amoeba can digest sugars, cellulose and proteins. Fats, however, remain undigested. The contents of the vacuole become lighter and the outline of the vacuole becomes indefinite indicating that the digestion is complete.
How does amoeba gets rid of its waste?
Amoeba and many other creatures of the sort release their waste through the contractile vacuole . Amoeba have little feet, called pseudopod. When they eats, They engulf the food. It is then digested in the food vacuole, and released through the contractile vacuole.
How do amoebas digest food?
The amoeba surrounds the food with psuedopods and forms a food vacuole. This vacuole then digests the food with digestive enzymes.
How does amoeba remove wastes?
The common amoeba Amoeba proteus has an organelle called the contractile vacuole in order to get rid of waste. Waste collects in the vacuole, and the vacuole is then emptied, releasing its contents out of the cell.
What substance enter into the food vacuole in amoeba to break down the food?
ENZYMES
What part of an amoeba helps it capture food?
food vacuole is a small cavity in the cytoplasm that temporarily store food.
Does an amoeba have any muscle tissue?
Yes, but not in the organs that large forms of life have, such as stomach, intestines livers, etc. Instead, they have what are called vacuoles. These vacuoles are small, circular pockets inside the amoeba spontaneously creates that can either digest food or excrete waste. When an amoeba eats, it engulfs its food with its pseudopods, or blob shaped projections. The food it engulfed creates a little pocket, or vacuole, that is then used to digest with and later, the vacuole is released from the amoeba containing the waste it created from digestion.
How do amoeba get food?
The amoeba moves its psuedopodia (false feet) around the food particle. thus a food vacuole is formed.then the amoeba secretes digestive enzymes into the food vacuole and the food particle is digested and assimilated.the waste particle is thrown out by moving the particle towards the surface of the body and it is excreted. :)
