Parts of the esophagus/stomach
Across
- 1. Flexible, muscular tube that moves food from the pharynx to the stomach
- 3. First part of the stomach just after the esophagus
- 6. Organ of digestion between the esophagus and the small intestine.
- 8. Deep folds in the gastric mucosa that expands to accommodate food
- 10. Muscular ring at the distal end of the esophagus. It keeps food food in the stomach from going back into the esophagus.
Down
- 2. Narrowed, last part of the stomach just before it joins the duodenum. It contains the pyloric sphincter.
- 4. Coordinated contractions of smooth muscle that propel food, chyme, or wastes and water through the gastrointestinal tract.
- 5. Semisolid mixture of partially digested food, saliva, digestive enzymes, and fluids in the stomach and small intestine
- 7. Rounded, top part of the stomach
- 9. Muscular ring that close to keep chyme in the stomach or opens to let chyme go into the duodenum