Digestive System Crossword

Breakdown of foods within the stomach and intestines for use of body's cells
Break food you eat into smaller pieces
The process of chewing
Produced by salivary glands
Saliva that contains an enzyme that breaks down food in the mouth
Shapes and prepares food for swallowing
Passage of digested food from digestive tract into blood
Body's expulsion of undigested food or body wastes
Small flap of tissue at the back of the throat that prevents food from going to the nasal passages
Flap of tissue which covers the throat, preventing food from entering your airways.
10 inch tube that connects the throat to the stomach
Series of involuntary muscle contractions that move food through the digestive system
Hollow sac-like organ connected to the esophagus
A creamy mixture of food and gastric juices
Food travels from the stomach to this
Tiny fingerlike projections that help absorb nutrients
in here water is absorbed; helps to eliminate waste.
undigested food passes through the large intestine; or the
human waste exits from here after digestion