What are three major components of our food?

The major components of our food are carbohydrates, proteins and fats. 
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What is the function of hepatopancreas?

The hepatopancreatic duct release the pancreatic and bile juice into the small intestine for digestion of the food. The pancreatic juices has the enzymes - trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, procarboxypeptidases, amylase , lipases and nucleases. The bile contains the bile pigments, bile salts, cholesterol and phospholipids but no enzyme. The pancreatic juice and the bile helps in the breakdown of the complex molecules into simpler molecules for absorption.
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What do you mean by thecodont?

Thecodont is the type of attachment in which each tooth is embedded in a socket of jaw bone. 
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What is Diphyodont ?


Diphyodont is the condition of having two set of teeth during the life of an organism. For example : humans are diphyodont as they have two set of teeth namely temporary milk or deciduous teeth which are replaced by permanent or adult teeth. 

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What do you mean by heterdont?

Heterodont is the condition of having different types of teeth. for example the humans have four different types of teeth namely incisors, cannine, premolar and molar. 
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