The Digestive System Word Search
This The Digestive System word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — the parts and systems of the human body. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: MOUTH, ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, LIVER, PANCREAS, GALLBLADDER, SMALLINTESTINE, LARGEINTESTINE, COLON, RECTUM, ANUS, SALIVA.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
The Digestive System word list, defined
- MOUTH /maʊθ/ · noun, verb
- The opening in a person’s or animal’s face through which food and sound pass. As a verb, it means to speak or form words in an exaggerated or distorted way. Related: opening, aperture, entrance, lips.
- ESOPHAGUS /ɪˈsɒf.ə.ɡəs/ · noun
- The muscular tube that connects the throat (pharynx) to the stomach, through which swallowed food and liquid pass. Related: gullet, oesophagus, food pipe, swallowing tube.
- STOMACH /ˈstʌmək/ · noun; verb
- The stomach is the muscular organ in the abdomen where food is digested. As a verb, to stomach something means to tolerate or accept it, especially when it is unpleasant or difficult. Related: abdomen, belly, gut, tolerate.
- LIVER /ˈlɪvə(r)/ · noun
- The liver is the large glandular organ that processes nutrients, produces bile, stores energy, and helps remove harmful substances from the blood. In everyday use, the word can also refer to this organ as food.
- PANCREAS /ˈpæŋ.kri.əs/ · noun
- The pancreas is a glandular organ situated behind the stomach that produces digestive enzymes and the hormones insulin and glucagon, which help regulate blood glucose. Related: gland, organ.
- GALLBLADDER /ˈɡɔːlˌblædər/ · noun
- A small pear-shaped sac-like organ in the human body, situated beneath the liver, that stores and concentrates bile produced by the liver before releasing it into the small intestine to aid the digestion of fats. Related: bile vesicle, cholecyst (clinical term), biliary reservoir.
- COLON /ˈkoʊlən/ · noun
- A punctuation mark (:) used in writing to introduce a list, an explanation, a quotation, or a clause that expands on what precedes it; also, in anatomy, the main part of the large intestine running from the cecum to the rectum.
- RECTUM /ˈrɛktəm/ · noun
- The final section of the large intestine, extending from the sigmoid colon to the anus. It stores and conveys feces before they leave the body.
- ANUS /ˈeɪnəs/ · noun
- The opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal through which solid waste matter is discharged from the body.
- SALIVA /səˈlaɪvə/ · noun
- A watery, usually clear liquid produced by the salivary glands in the mouth. It moistens food and begins the process of digestion. Related: spit, spittle.
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