biology

3. Provides nutrients in adequate amounts and enough energy for a person to maintain a healthful weight
4. A pouchlike organ in which bile is stored
7. The first step of digestion
9. Converts food intro small molecules that can be used by the cells of the body
11. Provide the force that moves the food from the esophagus toward the stomach
12. Is a large muscular sac that continues the chemical and mechanical digestion of food
13. The study of food and its effects on the body.
15. Food is broken down in to ways, mechanical and chemical...
17. Way to get the nutrients of the food
20. A mixture with an oatmeal-like consistency produced in the mechanical digestion of the stomach
21. Tiny projections that cover the villi
22. Tube in which the bolus passes from the throat into the stomach
23. An enzyme that begins to break the chemical bonds of starches, forming sugars

1. A fluid loaded with lipids and salts
2. It's primary function is to remove water from the undigested material that is left
5. The first part of the small intestine
6. Breaks proteins into smaller polypeptide fragments
8. A gland that serves three important functions, located behind the stomach
10. Way to get rid of the substances that weren't digested
14. Are anchored bones of the jaw, its surfaces are protected by a coating of mineralized enamel
16. Provide general information about nutrition as well as specific information about the product
18. Helps moisten the food and make it easier to chew
19. A folded surface and fingerlike projections that provide and enourmous surface area for absobtion of nutrient molecules
21. Inorganic nutrients that the body needs, usually in small amounts
24. Here srarts thework of the digestive system