Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2008

  • question_answer
    Passive food ingestion in Amoeba is known as

    A)  import         

    B)  invagination

    C)  circumfluence   

    D)  circumvallation

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     Import: In this process, food is sucked by a depression into the body and there is no active role or movement 6iAmoeba takes place. Circumfluence: In this process, pseudopodia advances when it comes in contact with food and protoplasm surrounds the food particles and engulf them. Invagination: In this process, pseudopodia secretes a sticky and toxic substance. The food is adhered to the body by toxic substance and food invaginates to enclose it in a food vacuole. Circumvallation : Pseudopodia envelope the prey and forms food cup by meeting the ends of pseudopodia.


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