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VITAMINS: Organic molecules that the body needs in very small amounts.
FAT SOLUBLE: It’s a type of a vitamin.
MINERALS: Inorganic nutrients that the body needs, usually in small amounts.
BALANCED DIET: Provides nutrients in adequate amounts and enough energy for a person to maintain a healthful weight.
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM: Converts food into small molecules that can be used by the cells of the body.
INGESTION: Process of putting food into your mouth.
MECHANICAL DIGESTION: Physical breakdown of large pieces of food into smaller pieces.
TEETH: Are anchored in the bones of the jaw.
AMYLASE: Is an enzyme that contains the saliva.
PERISTALSIS: Contractions of smooth muscles.
HEARTBURN: Burning sensation in the center of the chest.
STOMACH: Large muscular sac that continues the chemical and mechanical digestion of food.
PEPSIN: Breaks proteins into smaller polypeptide fragments.
HELICOBATER PYLORI: Bacteria that causes ulcers.
CHYME: Is pushed through the pyloric valve, it enters the duodenum.
DUODENUM: Is the first part of the small intestine.
PANCREAS: Produce hormones that regulate blood sugar levels.
THE LIVER: Produces bile.
GALLBLADDER: Releases bile through a duct into the small intestine.
LARGE INTESTINE: Absorbs water as undigested material moves through and is eliminated from the body.
CARDIAC SPHINCTER: Closes after food passes into the stomach.
VILLI: Are covered with tiny projections known as microvilli.
WATER: Is absorbed quickly across the wall of the large intestine.
CONSTIPATION: What condition happens if too much water is absorbed from the undigested materials.
NUTRIENT: Molecules that are rapidly absorbed into the cells lining the small intestine.
KNOWLEDGE ACTIVITY
Across:| 2. | Is absorbed quickly across the wall of the large intestine. | | 4. | Are anchored in the bones of the jaw. | | 5. | Molecules that are rapidly absorbed into the cells lining the small intestine. | | 7. | Is an enzyme that contains the saliva. | | 16. | Closes after food passes into the stomach. |
| | 17. | Produces bile. | | 18. | Releases bile through a duct into the small intestine. | | 19. | Are covered with tiny projections known as microvilli. | | 20. | What condition happens if too much water is absorbed from the undigested materials. |
| | Down:| 1. | Physical breakdown of large pieces of food into smaller pieces. | | 3. | Is pushed through the pyloric valve, it enters the duodenum. | | 6. | Provides nutrients in adequate amounts and enough energy for a person to maintain a healthful weight. | | 8. | Organic molecules that the body needs in very small amounts. | | 9. | Large muscular sac that continues the chemical and mechanical digestion of food. | | 10. | Process of putting food into your mouth. |
| | 11. | Bacteria that causes ulcers. | | 12. | Produce hormones that regulate blood sugar levels. | | 13. | Is the first part of the small intestine. | | 14. | Burning sensation in the center of the chest. | | 15. | Breaks proteins into smaller polypeptide fragments. |
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KNOWLEDGE ACTIVITY
Across:| 2. | Is absorbed quickly across the wall of the large intestine. | | 4. | Are anchored in the bones of the jaw. | | 5. | Molecules that are rapidly absorbed into the cells lining the small intestine. | | 7. | Is an enzyme that contains the saliva. | | 16. | Closes after food passes into the stomach. |
| | 17. | Produces bile. | | 18. | Releases bile through a duct into the small intestine. | | 19. | Are covered with tiny projections known as microvilli. | | 20. | What condition happens if too much water is absorbed from the undigested materials. |
| | Down:| 1. | Physical breakdown of large pieces of food into smaller pieces. | | 3. | Is pushed through the pyloric valve, it enters the duodenum. | | 6. | Provides nutrients in adequate amounts and enough energy for a person to maintain a healthful weight. | | 8. | Organic molecules that the body needs in very small amounts. | | 9. | Large muscular sac that continues the chemical and mechanical digestion of food. | | 10. | Process of putting food into your mouth. |
| | 11. | Bacteria that causes ulcers. | | 12. | Produce hormones that regulate blood sugar levels. | | 13. | Is the first part of the small intestine. | | 14. | Burning sensation in the center of the chest. | | 15. | Breaks proteins into smaller polypeptide fragments. |
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PuzzleFast.com, Noncommercial Use Only