Nutrition

3. Protective secretion that prevents the stomach lining from being digested by acid.
5. Enzyme that breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol.
9. Gland that secretes digestive enzymes and sodium hydrogen carbonate into the small intestine.
10. Finger-like projections that increase the surface area for absorption of digested food.
11. Largest gland in the human body that produces bile.
12. Protein-digesting enzyme secreted in the stomach.
13. Immediate carbohydrate produced during photosynthesis before being converted into starch for storage
16. Process of breaking large fat globules into tiny droplets by bile salts.
17. Organ that stores and concentrates bile before its release into the small intestine.
18. Light-driven splitting of water molecules during photosynthesis that releases oxygen.

1. Process by which absorbed nutrients are utilized by body cells for growth and energy.
2. Acid present in the stomach that provides the acidic medium for pepsin to function.
4. Experimental process used to remove stored starch from a leaf before testing photosynthesis.
6. Enzyme in saliva that begins the digestion of starch into simpler sugars.
7. Ring-like muscle that regulates the passage of food between different parts of the alimentary canal.
8. Wave-like muscular movement that pushes food through the alimentary canal.
14. Digestive juice produced by the liver that emulsifies fats.
15. Specialized cells that regulate the opening and closing of stomata.
19. Pancreatic enzyme that digests proteins in the small intestine.