BIOLOGY CROSSWORD PUZZLES
TOPIC: HUMAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
(structure & associated organs)
Name: ________________________________
Class: ______
Please complete the crossword below.
3 2
Across:
1. produces bile salts
3. helps to kill bacteria and digest food
(2 words)
4. stores waste products
6. absorption occurs here
7. amylase first breaks down starch
Date: ________
10
5
Down:
2. site where bile enters the alimentary canal
5. runs from the thorax to the abdomen
8. process that breaks fat into smaller globules (parts)
9. the enzymatic digestion of proteins first starts here
10. absorption of water and mineral salts (2 words)
 BIOLOGY CROSSWORD PUZZLES
TOPIC: HUMAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
(structure & associated organs)

Solution:

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Across: Down:

1. produces bile salts (LIVER)
3. helps to kill bacteria and digest food
(HYDROCHLORIC ACID)
4. stores waste products (RECTUM)
6. absorption occurs here (ILEUM)
7. amylase first breaks down starch
(MOUTH)
2. site where bile enters the alimentary canal
(DUODENUM)
5. runs from the thorax to the abdomen
(OESOPHAGUS)
8. process that breaks fat into smaller globules
(parts) (EMULSIFICATION)
9. the enzymatic digestion of proteins first starts
here (STOMACH)
10. absorption of water and mineral salts (LARGE
INTESTINE)