Health Science

8. Measures the pressure in your arteries when your heart beats.
9. A macronutrient that breaks down into amino acids that are used for muscle development, the immune system and in enzymes.
11. Cleaning a surface that is not living.
13. The process of cell division.
14. A disease with two types, the pancreas is involved.
16. Decreasing blood flow towards the skin to maintain a normal core temperature.
18. A tumour that is not cancerous.
19. The removal of a possibly cancerous tissue to be examined.
20. A chemical that encourages your cells to mutate into cancer cells.
21. Categorizes vitamins and minerals.

1. Increasing blood flow towards the skin to maintain a normal core temperature.
2. Measures the pressure in your arteries when your heart is resting.
3. Maintained by the four main vital signs using positive and negative feedback.
4. Events leading up to an illness.
5. Categorizes protein, lipids, carbohydrates and water.
6. When your body temperature is under 36° for too long.
7. The chemical found in saliva that digests carbohydrates into glucose.
10. A tumour that is cancerous.
12. A virus, bacteria, fungus or protist/protozoa that has the ability to make you ill.
15. Cleaning a surface that is living, like on skin.
16. A pathogen that is unable to be killed by antibiotics and hijacks cells into replicating for them.
17. The unit that blood oxygen is measured in.