The Digestive System: Criss Cross

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Across

  • 2. The end of the large intestine
  • 4. A condition in which feces leave the body before much water has been removed
  • 8. Unable to easily empty the bowels
  • 9. Tiny, one-celled living things, some of which cause disease
  • 11. A slimy fluid that protects the breathing passages and the stomach
  • 12. A kind of food that provides the body with energy, also called carbohydrate

Down

  • 1. To do with the stomach
  • 3. A tiny living thing, such as a virus or bacteria, that is too small to see without a microscopic
  • 5. The tube that connects your throat to your stomach
  • 6. A substance that makes an acid less strong
  • 7. A medicine that kills bacteria
  • 10. The undigested food that is removed from your body as waste

Word Bank

antacid
antibiotic
bacteria
constipated
diarrhea
esophagus
feces
gastric
microbe
mucus
rectum
starch