Digestive System

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Across
  1. 3. Tube on the cecum that provides a place for bacteria to live until needed
  2. 5. The first foot-long part of the intestine
  3. 8. Side effect that occurs when bacteria in your intestine digest carbohydrates and release different gasses
  4. 11. The meeting point between the small and large intestines that opens and closes to let the liquid chyme from the small intestine enter into the large one (2)
  5. 14. Circular muscle at the meeting point between the esophagus and the stomach (2)
  6. 16. The part of the body that releases concentrated bile into the duodenum (2)
  7. 17. The part of your body where nutrients are processed
  8. 18. The liquid substance food becomes after being broken down in the stomach
  9. 19. SPecial organs in your renal system that produce urine
Down
  1. 1. The 8ft long part of the intestine, after the duodenum
  2. 2. The last 11ft of the small intestine
  3. 4. Organ used for digestion that produces hormones as well as digestive juices
  4. 6. Place in your body where urine is produced (2)
  5. 7. A powerful enzyme in the stomach that is needed to break down proteins eaten into smaller chemical components the body can use
  6. 9. One of the chemicals made by the liver that is important for the digestive process
  7. 10. The ureters lead down to this pouch
  8. 12. Urine trickles down these tubes
  9. 13. Tiny projections inside the small intestine that help transport nutrients to blood vessels throughout the intestine
  10. 15. Sphincter A muscle that works carefully to ensure that only a small amount of chyme goes into the small intestine at a time (2)
  11. 16. Glucose molecules made by liver from extra glucose in the body