| A | B |
|---|
| process that breaks down food into small molecules so that they can be absorbed into the blood | DIGESTIONS |
| food is chewed, mixed and churned | MECHANICAL DIGESTION |
| chemical reactions occur that break down large molecules of food into smaller ones | CHEMICAL DIGESTION |
| a type of PROTEIN that SPEEDS up the rate of CHEMICAL REACTIONS in your body | ENZYME |
| smooth MUSCLES in the esophagus wall SQEEZES FOOD DOWNWARD in CONTRACTION WAVES | PERISTALSIS |
| liquid product of digestion | CHYME |
| fingerlike projections (things that stick out) covering the wall of the SMALL INTESTINE that INCREASES the SURFACE area for food ABSORPTION | VILLI |
| FREEBEE | FREEBEE |
