Digestion

4. Enzyme that breaks down proteins
8. Excess water is absorbed back into the bloodstream in this organ
10. This muscular organ churns food and mixes it with gastric juices. Protease enzymes
11. Where digestion begins
12. This organ filters harmful substances from the blood and produces bile.
15. Bile is stored in this organ before being released into the small intestine.
16. This substance has a low pH and is found in the stomach. It contains hydrochloric acid,

1. The organ system where digestion takes place.
2. The process of breaking down large, insoluble food molecules into smaller, soluble
3. The waste matter that is egested after food has been digested.
5. down proteins into amino acids
6. This is the organ that controls the levels of glucose in the blood. It also produces
7. enzymes.
9. and water.
13. An enzyme which breaks down starch
14. What gives the small intestine a very large surface area
15. One of the products when lipids are broken down