Digestive terminology

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Across
  1. 3. pushing/moving forward
  2. 4. rounded mushy lump of food (esophagus)
  3. 7. chewing
  4. 9. swallowing
  5. 10. method of mechanical breakdown
  6. 11. liquefied food (stomach and small intestine)
  7. 12. consumption via mouth
  8. 13. waves of smooth muscle contraction that causes propulsion
  9. 15. breakdown of macronutrients into smaller molecules (by enzymes/acids)
  10. 16. found in colon
Down
  1. 1. breakdown of chunks of food into smaller bits of the same food
  2. 2. uptake of substance
  3. 5. release of a substance
  4. 6. removing water
  5. 8. mechanical breakdown in intestines, breaks food into segments
  6. 14. expelling feces