Intracellular digestion
| Extracellular digestion
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1.
| The digestion of food occurs within the cell. | 1.
| The digestion occurs in the cavity of alimentary canal. |
2.
| Digestive enzymes are secreted by the surrounding cytoplasm into the food vacuole. | 2.
| Digestive enzymes are secreted by special cells into the cavity of alimentary canal. |
3.
| Digestive products are diffused into the cytoplasm. | 3.
| Digestive products diffuse across the intestinal wall into various parts of the body. |
4.
| It is a less efficient method. | 4.
| It is a more efficient method of digestion. |
5.
| It occurs in unicellular organisms. | 5.
| It occurs in multicellular organisms. |