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The elements which are required in lower quantities 
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Disease due to protein deficiency; the patient loses all their muscle strength and acquire a skeletal appearance 
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The enzyme present in pancreatic juice; for the digestion of proteins 
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The largest gland of the body; secretes bile into the duodenum and performs many other important functions 
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The enzyme that digests proteins 
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The medicines given to relieve constipation 
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A vessel of the lymphatic system present in the villus 
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Disease due to protein deficiency; the patient may grow to normal height but are abnormally thin 
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The 2.4 meters long part of the small intestine present after duodenum
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The secretion from the intestine walls contains many enzymes for the complete digestion of all kinds of food 
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The last 3.5 meters long part of the small intestine; is concerned with the absorption of digested food 
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The condition in which the thyroid gland becomes enlarged due to insufficient amount of iodine in the diet 
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The opening of the trachea in the pharynx.
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The hormone secreted by special cells in stomach walls by the stimulation of peptides present in food; gastrin stimulates the cells of gastric glands to secrete more gastric juice 
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The secretion of the gastric glands of the stomach; composed of water, mucous, hydrochloric acid, and pepsinogen 
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The finger-like projection present on the inner walls of the ileum 
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The lack of enough food to feed all the people living in an area 
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The flap of cartilage on the glottis (opening of the trachea in the pharynx) 
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The process by which bile salts keep lipid droplets separate from one another.
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The first 10 inches (25 cm) of the small intestine 
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The process in which the large and non-diffusible food molecules are broken down into smaller and diffusible molecules that can cross the membranes 
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The part of human food from plant material that remains indigestible
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The disease when required water is not absorbed in blood from the colon and watery stools result 
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The condition where a person experiences hard feces that are difficult to eliminate
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The major part of the large intestine 
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