Across
- 2. Difficulty swallowing
- 5. Nothing by mouth
- 7. The fuel or energy value of food
- 8. The process involved in the ingestion, digestion, absorption, and use of food and fluids by the body
- 9. Gastro-intestinal
Down
- 1. Milligram
- 3. Loss of appetite
- 4. Breathing fluid, food, vomitus, or an object into the lungs
- 6. A soft, waxy substance found in the bloodstream and all body cells
- 8. A substance that is ingested, digested, absorbed, and used by the body