Across
- 5. bony structure, forms the roof of the mouth
- 7. separates the mouth from the nasopharynx
- 8. contains special receptors called taste buds
- 11. moves the food forward
- 14. lubricates the mouth during chewing
- 15. keeps food in stomach until ready
- 18. process of breaking down food
- 19. these physically break down food
Down
- 1. begins the chemical breakdown of carbs
- 2. receives food as it enters the body
- 3. largest gland in the body
- 4. absorbs water and nutrients
- 6. prevents food from going into esophagus
- 9. stores and concentrates bile
- 10. produce a liquid called saliva
- 12. fingerlike projections in smallintestine
- 13. produces insulin
- 16. food converted by gastric juices
- 17. food that is chewed and mixed