The Digestive System Crossword

Digests food and absorbs fragments. Consists of mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine
Serous membrane of abdominal cavity
Smooth muscle of the alimentary canal
Consists of the lips, cheeks, palate, and tongue
Skeletal muscle that repositions and mixes food during chewing, initiates swallowing, speech, and taste
Cleanses mouth, dissolves food chemicals for taste, moistens food, compacts into bolus, begins breakdown of starch with amylase
32; tear and grind food for digestion
Allows passage of food, fluids, and air
Flat, muscular tube from laryngopharynx to stomach
Temporary storage, chemical digestion of bolus to chyme
Opening of stomach into the duodenum
Band of smooth muscle that controls the flow of partially digested food into the small intestine
Major organ of digestion and absorption
Shortest part of the SI; bile duct from liver and main pancreatic duct from pancreas. Curves around head of pancreas
Middle part of SI; most of the nutrients present in food are absorbed here
Last segment of SI; absorbs vitamin B12, bile salts, and whatever products remain that were not absorbed by the jejunum
Largest gland in the body; produces bile
Stores/concentrates bile by absorbing water and ions
Yellow-green, alkaline solution that contains bile salts, bilirubin, cholesterol, neutral fats, phospholipids, and electrolytes
Secretes insulin and glucagon; secretes pancreatic juice that neutralizes chyme
First segment in the LI; absorbs fluids and salts that remain after completion of intestinal digestion and absorption
Bacterial storehouse; recolonizes gut when necessary
Final part of the digestive system; reabsorb fluids and process waste products from the body/prepare for its elimination
Temporary storage site for feces
Last segment of the LI; opens body exterior at anus
Taking food or drink into the body by swallowing or absorbing it
The movement of food along the digestive tract
Physical breakdown of large pieces of food into smaller pieces; i.e. chewing
The process of breaking down a substance that can be used by the body
Assimilating substances into cells or across tissues and organs through diffusion or osmosis
The elimination of solid, or semisolid waste material from the digestive tract