The Digestive System

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Across
  1. 3. Stores good bacteria
  2. 5. Orifice through which food is consumed
  3. 6. Enzyme that breaks down sugars and starches
  4. 9. Most chemical digestion takes place here
  5. 14. Regulate blood sugar levels
  6. 15. Projections which increase surface area of SI
  7. 16. fluid that dissolves fats
  8. 17. Excretes solid wastes
  9. 18. Breaking down of food through reactions
  10. 20. Passageway that food travels through
  11. 21. Digests food chemically and mechanically
  12. 24. Hole in the stomach wall
Down
  1. 1. Acidic substance that burns
  2. 2. Physical breaking down of food particles
  3. 4. Muscle contractions in the stomach
  4. 7. Liquid released in the mouth that aids in digestion
  5. 8. System of organs that break down food
  6. 10. Enzyme activated by hydrochloric acid
  7. 11. Prevents contents from coming up the throat
  8. 12. Mixture of stomach fluids and food
  9. 13. Fluid that lines the walls of the stomach
  10. 16. Chewed mass of food
  11. 19. Valve-like device that prevents food from entering the trachea
  12. 22. Produces bile
  13. 23. Makes it easier for food to digest