Across
- 3. Stores good bacteria
- 5. Orifice through which food is consumed
- 6. Enzyme that breaks down sugars and starches
- 9. Most chemical digestion takes place here
- 14. Regulate blood sugar levels
- 15. Projections which increase surface area of SI
- 16. fluid that dissolves fats
- 17. Excretes solid wastes
- 18. Breaking down of food through reactions
- 20. Passageway that food travels through
- 21. Digests food chemically and mechanically
- 24. Hole in the stomach wall
Down
- 1. Acidic substance that burns
- 2. Physical breaking down of food particles
- 4. Muscle contractions in the stomach
- 7. Liquid released in the mouth that aids in digestion
- 8. System of organs that break down food
- 10. Enzyme activated by hydrochloric acid
- 11. Prevents contents from coming up the throat
- 12. Mixture of stomach fluids and food
- 13. Fluid that lines the walls of the stomach
- 16. Chewed mass of food
- 19. Valve-like device that prevents food from entering the trachea
- 22. Produces bile
- 23. Makes it easier for food to digest