Human body
Across
- 5. Organic molecules that the body needs in very small amounts
- 7. digestion Is the physical breakdown of large pieces of food into smaller pieces
- 8. Anchored in the bones of the jaw
- 12. digestion Enzymes breakdown food into the small molecules the body can use
- 15. Once food can be broken into small molecules
- 17. Measure of heat energy in food
- 20. The relatively constant internal physical and chemical conditions that organism maintain despite changes in internal and external environment
- 22. Is a large muscular sac that continues the chemical and mechanical digestion of food
- 24. The most important nutrient
- 25. Supply raw materials for growth and repair of structures
- 26. Protect and insulate body organs and are a source of stored energy
- 27. Is the basic unit of structure and function in living things
- 28. Breaks proteins into smaller polypeptide fragments
- 30. Is the first step in digestion
Down
- 1. Is the first part of the small intestine
- 2. Inhibition Process in which stimulus produces a response that opposes the original stimulus
- 3. Component of thyroid hotmones
- 4. The fingerlike projections
- 6. Are the major source of energy in the body
- 9. A group the cells that perform a single function
- 10. Some substances are eliminated as feces
- 11. Component of certain digestive enzymes
- 13. Contractions of smooth muscles
- 14. Inorganic nutrients that the body needs, usually in small amounts
- 15. Enzyme that acts on starch
- 16. system A groups of organs that perform closely related functions
- 18. The bolus passes through a tube
- 19. Mixture with an oatmeal-like consistency
- 21. A group of different types of tissues that work together to perform a single function
- 23. intestine Is much shorter than the small intestine
- 29. Nerve and muscle function