nutrients and digestion
Across
- 2. they are the building blocks of protein
- 5. water-soluble or fat-soluble organic nutrient needed in small quantities for growth
- 9. breakdown of food through chewing,mixing, and churning
- 12. mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into small molecules that cells can absorb and use
- 13. liquid product of digestion
- 14. inorganic nutrient that regulates many chemical reactions in the body
- 15. group of foods such as bread,cereal,rice,and pasta containing the same type of nutrients
Down
- 1. nutrient that usually is the body's main source of energy
- 3. substances in foods-proteins,carbohydrates,fats,vitamins,minerals,and water-that provide energy
- 4. is made up of amino acids and is used for growth
- 6. fingerlike projections covering the wall of the small intestine that increase the surface area for food obsorbtion
- 7. nutrient that stores energy,cushions organs, and helps the body absorb vitamins
- 8. waves of of muscular contractions that move food through the digestive tract
- 10. occurs when enzymes and other chemicals break down large food molecules into smaller ones
- 11. a type of protein that regulates nearly all chemical reactions in cells