Name ______________________________________
The Digestive System
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Across
2. These cut and crush food in the mouth
4. Type of glands found in the mouth
6. The tube between the mouth and the
stomach
9. The faeces is held here until it is
excreted
10. Scientific name for poo
12. Produces bile and many enzymes
14. Water is absorbed from the waste
food in this organ (5,9)
16. This stops food going down the
windpipe
17. A dead end tube where the small and
large intestines join; can become
infected and be removed
19. This stores bile made by the liver (4,7)
20. Can detect some poisons - the organ
of taste
Down
1. Type of acid found in the stomach
3. The hard outer layer of teeth
5. The softer substance found inside
teeth
7. At the end of the rectum, this controls
when waste food is excreted
8. 6m in humans - where most nutrients
are absorbed into the blood stream
(5,9)
11. There are more of these in your
digestive tract than there are people
on this earth
13. A bag like organ - in adults 25cm long
which can hold 1 litre of food
15. Produces insulin which controls sugar
in the blood
18. The first section of the small intestine about 30cm long
Name ______________________________________
The Digestive System
Z Y B A C T E R I
A W E C K
L V N E V S A L
V A R Y F S H J S W Z
I
I
U F F W B
H L G O P H D R E C T U M M T T E E T H
U L D J M F L T Z L Z O Q W O Z P C R V
W C Y E B V V C O Q I M I
H M S S U S Y
D F F L P Z U U B N X V T Y A Y P B A L
U G O U F
I
P N T O G K E D C S G M G G
O W Y E J X G F Y V U U I
R H M V W S F
D Z U S S N D L A N U S E O G A K X F X
E Z J G W O G E O D N C G C A L T V A T
N F A U I
V P Y
I
T P V S H L L P U I
U C A P E Y O H E R T M M L L
M D O E P N X Y A A Q I
I
P
P X O P
S O B N A Y U K
O X E L C E A P K G B K S R L T N U D E
P F Y N O E N M E X U B L
I
A E C L F O
K C M S T N S D E L S S J C D S R H D D
T V U L W I
A T
I
L J C M T D T E E P X
P O F M V O N Z H X R Z Z S E
I
A S T C
E Q P F D S T E N P V Z Z Y R N S S E B
P S Y E K F Q Y Y X X N P F M E C L F U
stomach
rectum
anus
oesophagus
salivary
liver
pancreas
hydrochloric
tongue
teeth
faeces
gall bladder
colon
small intestine
appendix
enamel
dentine
bacteria
epiglottis
duodenum
Name ______________________________________
The Digestive System
1
4
S A
5
D
O E S O P
N
T
11
I
B
N
A
13
14
S
E
C O
T
T
15
16
O
P
E P
M
A
R
17
A P P E N D I X
C
C
A
H
R
E
19
G A L L B
S
6
20
H
L
I
L
T O N
H
L I V A R Y
D
7
8
9
A G U S
R
N
M
O
10
U
F A E C
S
L
H
12
L
L
O N
I
O
N
R
G L O T T I
E
C
S
18
D
T
U
I
O
N
A D D E R
E
N
G U E
M
Across
2. These cut and crush food in the mouth
4. Type of glands found in the mouth
6. The tube between the mouth and the
stomach
9. The faeces is held here until it is
excreted
10. Scientific name for poo
12. Produces bile and many enzymes
14. Water is absorbed from the waste
food in this organ (5,9)
16. This stops food going down the
windpipe
17. A dead end tube where the small and
large intestines join; can become
infected and be removed
19. This stores bile made by the liver (4,7)
20. Can detect some poisons - the organ
of taste
2
3
T E E T H
N
A
E C T U M
E
E S
L
I V E R
S
Down
1. Type of acid found in the stomach
3. The hard outer layer of teeth
5. The softer substance found inside
teeth
7. At the end of the rectum, this controls
when waste food is excreted
8. 6m in humans - where most nutrients
are absorbed into the blood stream
(5,9)
11. There are more of these in your
digestive tract than there are people
on this earth
13. A bag like organ - in adults 25cm long
which can hold 1 litre of food
15. Produces insulin which controls sugar
in the blood
18. The first section of the small intestine about 30cm long
Name ______________________________________
The Digestive System
Z Y B A C T E R I
A W E C K
L V N E V S A L
V A R Y F S H J S W Z
I
I
U F F W B
H L G O P H D R E C T U M M T T E E T H
U L D J M F L T Z L Z O Q W O Z P C R V
W C Y E B V V C O Q I M I
H M S S U S Y
D F F L P Z U U B N X V T Y A Y P B A L
U G O U F
I
P N T O G K E D C S G M G G
O W Y E J X G F Y V U U I R H M V W S F
D Z U S S N D L A N U S E O G A K X F X
E Z J G W O G E O D N C G C A L T V A T
N F A U
I
V P Y
I
T P V S H L L P U
I
P
U C A P E Y O H E R T M M L L I P X O P
M D O E P N X Y A A Q I S O B N A Y U K
O X E L C E A P K G B K S R L T N U D E
P F Y N O E N M E X U B L
I
A E C L F O
K C M S T N S D E L S S J C D S R H D D
T V U L W I A T I L J C M T D T E E P X
P O F M V O N Z H X R Z Z S E I A S T C
E Q P F D S T E N P V Z Z Y R N S S E B
P S Y E K F Q Y Y X X N P F M E C L F U
stomach
rectum
anus
oesophagus
salivary
liver
pancreas
hydrochloric
tongue
teeth
faeces
gall bladder
colon
small intestine
appendix
enamel
dentine
bacteria
epiglottis
duodenum