Across
- 3. digestion enzymatic break down of polymers into monomers
- 4. the act of breaking down food to extract nutrients for the cells
- 6. vocal chords
- 9. made up of undigested food, dead cells and bacteria
- 11. intestine where both digestion and absorption occurs
- 13. produces digestive enzymes
- 14. prevents food from entering the trachea
- 16. not an organ but an area between mouth and esophagus
- 18. protein digesting enzyme that functions in the small intestine
Down
- 1. the wave like muscular movement that moves food
- 2. stores bile
- 5. the act of elimination waste
- 6. intestine reabsorbs water
- 7. produced in the liver and aids in fat digestion
- 8. enzyme that digests carbohydrates
- 10. produced by salivary glands
- 12. the act of taking in food
- 13. digestion breaking up food into smaller particles
- 15. protein digesting enzyme functional in the stomach only
- 17. enzyme that digest lipids
- 19. help in physical digestion