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The surface of the hard palate allows for the pressure needed in eating food, to leave the nasal passage clear. [8] The opening between the lips is termed the oral fissure, and the opening into the throat is called the fauces. [9] At either side of the soft palate are the palatoglossus muscles which also reach into regions of the tongue. These ...
Most organisms that use intracellular digestion belong to Kingdom Protista, such as amoeba and paramecium.. Amoeba. Amoeba uses pseudopodia to capture food for nutrition in a process called phagocytosis.
Fertilization is external and larvae are free-swimming like plankton for 14 days or attached to surfaces via byssal thread during metamorphosis, eventually settling on the bottom. [4] They consume plankton filtered from the water passing through their slightly opened shell; the oyster's shell closes when the bivalve is above water during low tide.