Gut Feelings

4. the "Squeezing" motion that pushes food through the esophagus and the rest of the digestive tract
5. organ water is removed from food waste
9. these moisten food and make it easier to swallow
10. these in the stomach and small intestines break down food into chemicals the body can use
14. the organ in the mouth that moves food around and tastes food
15. organ where nutrients are removed, the longest organ in the digestive system

1. an organ that uses nutrients from food to form more than 1,000 different chemicals
2. teeth that are wide and flat for grinding food to a pulp
3. these are hairlike projections that soak up nutrients
6. after the body absorbs this from food, what is left over is considered waste
7. an organ that makes juices that are used in the small intestine
8. this tube connects the mouth and stomach
11. organ where food is mashed and mixed with digestive juices
12. teeth that help bite into food
13. the yellow liquid that food is mixed up into in the stomach
14. found inside the mouth, these bite, tear, and mash food
16. what is in the saliva that begin to break down food