The Digestive System Crossword

Can affect speech if too short
The process in chemical digestion that helps break food down into smaller bits
AKA baby teeth
Movement of nutrients through the GI
Multiple circular folds found in the intestinal lining
AKA the mouth
Roughly 7m or 20 ft long
AKA a lymphatic vessel
Mixed or compound salivary glands
Hangs down from the center of the soft palate
Chewing
The breakdown of food using teeth
Fluid waste material discharged from the intestines
They secrete gastric juice
The lining in which the stomach lies when empty
Number of complete set of adult teeth
Breakdown of food material
The largest of the salivary glands
Inflammation of the gums
The hollow space within a tube
This is the central part of the stomach
Waylike, rhythmic movement
large, moist, slippery sheet of serous membrane that lines the abdominopelvic cavity
Abnormal yellowing of the skin
Partially digested food
Reflux of stomach contents into the lower portion of the esophagus
Outermost covering of the digestive tract