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The Digestion System - Pancreas, Liver, Gallbladder & Blood

Across
Breaks down protein into amino acids
formed by the liver and secreted by the gallbladder allow micelles of fatty acids to form.
Yellow pigment, excreted into urine
Releases cholesterol from other molecules
Breaks down starch and glycogen into maltose
Once food passed through the small intestine, it enters the large intestine at
Absorption takes place here, esp water and salt
Largest gland in the body
Bacteria converts bilirubin into
Breaks down fats into glycerol and fatty acids
Hormone stimulated by the release of the pancreatic juice
1.5 meters in length. No direction takes place.
Brown pigment, most urobilinogen excreted in feces form
Yellow-orange pigment, entered blood & transferred into the liver
Down
Second largest gland the body
First 20-30cm of small intestine, role to neutralize acids
Allows absorption of complex lipids and lipid soluble vitamins
Breaks down phospholipids
90% of digested food and 10% of water absorbed in the small intestine
Bile is secreted continuously, but is stored in a concentrated form between meals in
Alkaline secretion formed by the liver
Breaks down nucleic acids into short chains of nucleotides
Green pigment
Chime travels out of the duodenum, this also makes up remainder of small intestine