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C H Y M E N V I L L I

Across
2 Teath used for grinding food (6)
5 The principle parasympathetic nerve that
supplies the GI tract, this nerve is a
`wanderer` (5)
6 The superior part of the stomach (6)
9 The middle section of the small intestine (7)
10 A gland which secretes its products via a duct
(8)
12 An enzyme to digest fat (6)
13 A rather powerful acid found in the stomach
(12)
11 Waste products expelled through the anus (6)
Down
1 The process of taking food into the body (8)
2 The inner layer of the GI tract, lining the
lumen (6)
3 This part of the colon passes faeces into the
rectum (7)
4 When the faeces are too watery (9)
5 A structure which ensures a one way flow (5)
7 An enzyme which starts the digestin of starch
(7)
8 An enzyme found in the stomach which
digests proteins (6)
15 This gland produces several digestive 13 To do with the liver (7)
enzymes including lipase and trypsinogen (8)
14 One of the pouches in the colon (7)
17 A product of the liver which emulsifies fat (4)
16 The first part of the colon (6)
19 The ring of muscle which regulates the exit of
18 A word which describes a bend in the colon
faeces (4)
(7)
21 An enzyme which breakes down lactose into
20 Enzyme to digest sucrose (7)
monosaccharides (7)
22 This is inactive but once in the lumen of the
23 A lubricating and protective section (5) duodenum is converted into active
24 To do with the stomach (7) chymotrypsin (16)
25 Tha layer under the mucosa (9) 23 An enzyme which will digest maltose (7)
27 GI in full (16) 26 The first digestive juice, sontains some
amylase (6)
30 A biological catalist (6)
28 This component of the diet is not digested (5)
32 This exocrine gland produces bile (5)
29 Carries the blood supply to the intestines (9)
33 A unit of swallow food (5)
31 The middle part of the stomach (4)
35 A linked chain of amino acid units, short of a
protein (12) 34 The inner lyer of the peritoneal membrane (8)
36 The third section of the small intestine (5) 35 The lower part of the stomach, also the name
of a sphincter (7)
37 Teath at the front (8)
38 The branch of the lymphatic system inside the
villi (7)
39 The large intestine (5)
40 Small projections from the enterocytes (10)
41 Where faeces is stored prior to ellimination
(6)
42 A type of acid derived from ingested lipids (5)
43 The hole down the middle (5)
44 A mixture of partly digested food, digestive
enzymes and gastrointestinal secretions (5)
45 Small finger like projections of the mucosal
layer into the lumen of the small intestines (5)