Digestive System - 2 Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• oropharynx: the middle part of the throat, behind the mouth.
• laryngopharynx: he most caudal portion of the pharynx and is a crucial connection point through which food, water, and air pass.
• epiglottis: its main function is to close over the windpipe (trachea) while you're eating to prevent food entering your airway.
• hiatus: the esophageal _ is the opening in the diaphragm through which the esophagus passes from the thoracic to the abdominal cavity.
• sphincter: the esophageal _ is a ring of muscle fibers in the lower esophagus prevents swallowed food from moving back up.
• stomach: it takes in food from the esophagus (gullet or food pipe), mixes it, breaks it down, and then passes it on to the small intestine in small portions.
• chyme: the acidic fluid which passes from the stomach to the small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partly digested food.
• liver: this organ filters all of the blood in the body and breaks down poisonous substances, such as alcohol and drugs.
• commonhepatic: the _ duct is a tube that carries bile from the liver (2 words).
• cystic: the _ duct is the duct that (typically) joins the gallbladder and the common hepatic duct.
• gallbladder: a small, pear-shaped organ on the right side of your abdomen, just beneath your liver.
• bile: a fluid that is made and released by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
• bilirubin: a yellowish substance made during your body's normal process of breaking down old red blood cells.