Chemistry of Digestion

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Across
  1. 2. Final section of small intestine absorbing vitamins and bile salts.
  2. 3. Pancreatic enzyme that breaks down fats.
  3. 5. Type of pancreatic cell that produces digestive enzymes.
  4. 10. First segment of small intestine receiving pancreatic enzymes.
  5. 11. To release substances like enzymes and bicarbonate.
  6. 12. Organ that produces digestive enzymes and bicarbonate.
  7. 14. Finger-like projections increasing surface area in small intestine.
  8. 15. Pancreatic enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates.
  9. 16. Muscular contractions moving food through intestines.
  10. 17. Enzymes from the pancreas that break down proteins.
  11. 19. What bicarbonate does to stomach acid.
Down
  1. 1. Alkaline substance from pancreas that neutralises stomach acid.
  2. 4. Biological catalysts produced by the pancreas.
  3. 6. Partially digested food entering duodenum from stomach.
  4. 7. Stomach content neutralised by pancreatic bicarbonate.
  5. 8. Term for glandular secretion via ducts (like pancreatic enzymes).
  6. 9. Middle part of small intestine where most nutrients are absorbed.
  7. 13. Process aided by pancreatic enzymes in the duodenum.
  8. 15. Primary function of jejunum and ileum.
  9. 18. Tube connecting pancreas to duodenum.