The digestive system

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body (9)
  2. 6. The externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding (5)
  3. 8. The longest part of the alimentary canal (14)
  4. 9. Large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of (5)
  5. 10. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal (7)

Down

  1. 1. A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the ___ glands and mucous glands of the mouth (6)
  2. 3. Any of three pairs of ___ in the mouth and digestive system that secrete ___ for digestion (13)
  3. 4. The passage between the pharynx and the stomach (9)
  4. 5. A muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile until it is needed for digestion (11)
  5. 7. A large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach (8)