Across
- 3. they become glucose
- 4. how the digestive process starts
- 6. a special protein that helps a chemical reaction take place
- 9. a chemical reaction that combines with oxygen
- 10. helps the body digest; produced in the liver
- 11. what helps you taste and help digestion happen
- 12. tiny finger like things on the surface of the small intestine
- 13. a storage form of glucose
- 14. where the nutrients are transported and sent to other parts of the body
- 15. the process of when nutrients move into the blood stream
- 17. a thick liquid created from peristalsis
- 19. what nutrients go through after being absorbed in the small intestine
Down
- 1. blood sugar
- 2. the use of nutrients to provide energy
- 5. the movement of muscles that contract and release to force food down
- 6. Tube that connects your mouth to your stomach
- 7. removes water, potassium, and sodium from the waste
- 8. the chemical and mechanical process of breaking food down
- 16. a gland connected to the small intestine
- 18. food that is combined into a ball when chewing