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Digestive System Vocab Review

Across
Organ where bile is stored and when it is stored for a long time can develop into gallstone.
Part of the body at the end of the large intestine where solid wastes are stored until they leave the body.
A large, lobed organ that produces bile.
Glands that produce saliva.
Chemicals that breakdown food.
A liquid produced by the liver that helps digest fat.
A long, coiled tube in which food is digested and absorbed.
It is used for seizing and chewing food.
A J-shaped, muscular sac that stores food and helps digest it with the help of hydrochloric acid.
A flap of tissue the covers the windpipe during swallowing of food.
Bodily waste discharged through digestive system/process.
The process by which the body changes food so it can be used to supply energy.
The main part of the system of tubes by which air passes to and from the lungs in vertebrates - also called windpipe.
A gland that produces pancreatic juice (insulin).
Down
The finger-like structures that cover the inner wall of the small intestine which increases absorption of nutrients.
The enzyme in saliva that breakdown starch into sugar.
The partly fluid and partly solid mass of incompletely digested food that passes from stomach into the first part of the small intestine.
Squeezing motion that pushes food through the digestive system.
A complex carbohydrate that is the chief part of the cell wall of plants.
A short, wide tube in which water is absorbed from undigested food.
A muscular tube which connects the throat to the stomach.
The opening through which the food passes into the body.
Any tiny blood vessels connecting the small arteries and veins.
A fluid containing water, protein, salts, and often a starch-splitting enzyme that is secreted into the mouth by salivary glands.
A muscle that works with the food and saliva to form a "bolus".