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