Digestive System
Crossword
WRITE WORDS IN BLANKS AND IN PUZZLE!
Across
4. ________________ Flap that protects windpipe and lungs.
7. ________________ Lower stomach where liquid bolus goes.
8. ________________ Stomach acid is sometimes mistaken for this.
11. ________________ Absorbed into the body from small intestine.
16. ________________ Another name for the large intestine.
17. ________________ This organ stores bile for later use.
20. ________________ This regenerative organ cleans blood
and makes bile.
21. ________________ This organ is coated in mucus to protect it.
Down
1. ________________ Teeth do this; breakdown with own energy.
2. ________________ This organ regulates sugar by producing insulin.
3. ________________ This is the lowest, last part of the large intestine.
5. ________________ Second muscle located after the stomach.
6. ________________ Small useless finger of skin in the large intestine.
9. ________________ The tube or straw your food slides down.
10. ________________ Waste exits through this 3rd and last sphincter.
12. ________________ Another word for your windpipe.
13. ________________ A better word for spit.
14. ________________ Breakdown by dissolving. Done by spit.
15. ________________ Body absorbs this from large intestine.
18. ________________ This is the softened ball of food.
19. ________________ Another word for the small intestine.