Nutrition / Digestion

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  1. 3. sensory perception initiated by food
  2. 7. produced in stomach and digests protein
  3. 13. an accessory organ of digestion
  4. 14. heightened taste acuity
  5. 15. produced in stomach and digests small-sized triglycerides
  6. 16. loss of smell
  7. 17. alkaline solution produced in pancreas that neutralizes chyme
  8. 19. abnormal distortion of taste
  9. 21. adverse condition resulting from medical treatment
  10. 22. dry mouth
  11. 23. substance produced in liver, stored in gall bladder
  12. 25. loss of appetite
  13. 26. protein-digesting enzyme produced in pancreas
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  1. 1. enzyme produced by pancreas that digests protein
  2. 2. living organisms that confer health benefits
  3. 4. enzyme produced in saliva and pancreas that digests carbohydrates
  4. 5. all absorbed food & beverage is initially transported to the liver by the ___ system
  5. 6. churning action of stomach is example of ___ action
  6. 8. nondigestible food ingredients that have beneficial effects
  7. 9. process of chewing
  8. 10. group of enzymes that digest nucleic acids
  9. 11. major organ engaged in metabolism
  10. 12. food is converted into a ___ after chewing & swallowing
  11. 18. fingerlike projections found in small intestines
  12. 20. another name for the lower esophageal sphincter (LES)
  13. 24. enzyme produced in stomach and pancreas that digests lipids