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Ch. 14: The Digestive System and Body Metabolism
Across
1. The bony connective tissue that covers the root of a tooth.
4. Hormone secreted in the stomach; regulates gastric juice secretion by stimulating HCL production.
6. Yellowing of the skin and white of the eyes due to excessive bilirubin in the blood.
10. Semifluid, creamy mass consisting of partially digested food and gastric juice.
13. Breakdown of glucose to pyruvic acid; an anaerobic process.
14. Steroid found in animal fats as well as in most body tissues; made by the liver.
15. Special lymphatic capillaries of the small intestine that take up lipids.
16. State of abnormally high hydrogen ion concentration in the extracellular fluid. Occurs when fats are digested.
17. Gland located behind the stomach, between the spleen and the duodenum; produces both endocrine and exocrine secretions.
19. Double-layered extensions of the peritoneum that support most organs in the abdominal cavity.
Down
1. Process in which living cells break down substances into simpler substances.
2. Literally, many sugars, a polymer of linked monosaccharides; e.g., starch, glycogen.
3. Chemical or mechanical process of breaking down foodstuffs to substances that can be absorbed.
5. A circular muscle surrounding an opening; acts as a valve.
7. An enzyme that is able to digest starch. Produced in two locations, the salivary glands and pancreas.
8. Tissue tag hanging from soft palate.
9. Progressive, wavelike contractions that move foodstuffs through the alimentary tube organs (or that move other substances through other hollow body organs).
11. The process of swallowing is also known as:
12. Serous membrane lining the interior of the abdominal cavity and covering the surfaces of abdominal organs.
18. Greenish-yellow or brownish fluid produced in and secreted by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and released into the small intestine.