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LSM2231 - Feeding (Surface absorption (Transport mechanism - nutrients (aa…

- - - - Using blind tubes/cavities :star:
      - One-step each aka one batch of food processed + eliminated before the next one is taken in --> pulsed fashion :star:
      - eg. hydra
    - - Hollow tube opened at both ends
      - Food flown in, digested and excreted continuously
      - eg. ruminant
    - - Food digested along the tube-like digestive reactor in bolus
      - Human intestine, and other vertebrates
      - Composition of food varies along reactors (progressive process)