Across
- 2. — Substance that emulsifies fats.
- 3. — Soft mass of chewed food.
- 6. — Nutrient digested into amino acids.
- 8. — Community of beneficial microbes living in the gut.
- 12. — Proteins that speed up chemical reactions in digestion.
- 14. — Usable substances broken down from food.
- 16. — Stores bile until needed.
- 17. — The system that processes food into usable forms.
- 19. — Organ that mixes food with acid and pepsin.
Down
- 1. — Movement of nutrients into the bloodstream.
- 4. — Organ that releases digestive enzymes and bicarbonate.
- 5. — Finger-like projections that absorb nutrients.
- 7. — Produces bile for fat digestion.
- 9. — Semi-liquid mix formed in stomach.
- 10. — Muscle contractions that move food through the digestive tract.
- 11. — The body's fuel produced from food.
- 13. — Structures that cut and grind food.
- 15. — Enzyme in saliva that begins carbohydrate digestion.
- 18. — Muscular tube carrying the bolus to the stomach.
- 20. — Part of large intestine where water is absorbed.