Digestive System Notes Packet

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Across
  1. 3. digestion enzymatic break down of polymers into monomers
  2. 4. the act of breaking down food to extract nutrients for the cells
  3. 6. vocal chords
  4. 9. made up of undigested food, dead cells and bacteria
  5. 11. intestine where both digestion and absorption occurs
  6. 13. produces digestive enzymes
  7. 14. prevents food from entering the trachea
  8. 16. not an organ but an area between mouth and esophagus
  9. 18. protein digesting enzyme that functions in the small intestine
Down
  1. 1. the wave like muscular movement that moves food
  2. 2. stores bile
  3. 5. the act of elimination waste
  4. 6. intestine reabsorbs water
  5. 7. produced in the liver and aids in fat digestion
  6. 8. enzyme that digests carbohydrates
  7. 10. produced by salivary glands
  8. 12. the act of taking in food
  9. 13. digestion breaking up food into smaller particles
  10. 15. protein digesting enzyme functional in the stomach only
  11. 17. enzyme that digest lipids
  12. 19. help in physical digestion