FACTS ABOUT THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF A CENTIPEDE
- Centipedes are predators , they hunt prey that is smaller such as small insects and spiders.
- Centipedes lack an external skeleton , like all arthropods, and their digestive system is held in the abdomen.
- The digestive system of a centipede has three parts.
- The first is called the foregut. In this compartment of the digestive system the food is stored and broken into smaller pieces.
- The foregut then leads to the midgut where most of the food is digested and absorbed.
- Following that is the hindgut where the food is released as waste.