Digestive System

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Across
  1. 3. This prevents food from entering the respiratory system
  2. 5. Large muscle in the mouth
  3. 8. This protein is used for blood clotting
  4. 9. Rhythmic wavelike muscle contracts which helps move food
  5. 12. Enzyme produced in the mouth to break down starch
  6. 16. Site of most water absorption
  7. 17. This is the first part of the small intestine
  8. 18. This spinchter connects the esophagus to the mouth
  9. 19. Where most nutrients are absorbed
Down
  1. 1. Inability to produce or use insulin
  2. 2. This part of the large intestine goes across the body
  3. 4. This spinchter connects the stomach to the small intestine
  4. 6. This structure in the small intestine is used for increasing surface area
  5. 7. Open sores in the stomach lining
  6. 8. this organ stores bile
  7. 10. Mechanical breakdown of food is done by
  8. 11. This hormone is released when there is high blood glucose levels
  9. 12. The stomach is made of this type of muscle
  10. 13. Blood detoxification is one of the functions of this organ
  11. 14. This digestive hormone in the stomach is released in response to protein
  12. 15. The mixture of food and saliva