The human body
Across
- 1. /breaks proteins into smaller polypeptide fragments.
- 3. digestion /during it enzymes break down food into the small molecules that the body can use.
- 4. intestine /most of the absorption of the food that you eat occurs here.
- 5. digestion /Physical breakdown of large pieces of food into small pieces.
- 7. /releases bile through a duct into the small intestine.
- 10. /are protected by a coating of mineralized enamel.
- 11. /Converts food into small molecules that can be used by the cells of the body.
- 12. /A round mass.
- 13. /eases the passage if food through the digestive system, also the chemical digestion begins.
- 15. /The ability to digest food.
- 19. /The act or process of absorbing or the condition of being absorbed.
- 20. intestine /absorbs water and several vitamins and prepares waste for elimination from the body.
- 21. /large muscular sac where the digestion continues,
- 23. /assists the pancreas in fat digestion.
- 24. /The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the small intestine.
Down
- 1. /A series of actions, changes, or functions bringing about a result
- 2. /muscles in the walls of the esophagus.
- 5. /is where the digestive system begins.
- 6. /To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption
- 8. /When food travel through the large intestine and are eliminated from the body.
- 9. /One of the numerous vascular projections of the small intestine.
- 14. /liquid produced by the liver, loaded with lipids and salts.
- 16. /where the bolus passes through it.
- 17. /first part of small intestine.
- 18. /produce hormones that regulate blood sugar levels.
- 22. /is contained in saliva and breaks the chemical bonds in starches, forming sugar.