Nutrition Week 7, Chapter 6

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Across
  1. 5. Principle peptide hormone of the thyroid gland.
  2. 6. Plants of the bean, pea and lenti family.
  3. 8. Protein fragments of many amino acids bonded together.
  4. 9. Large proteins of the blood produced by the immune system.
  5. 10. Protein fragments that are 3 amino acids long.
  6. 12. Nitrogen-containing portion of an amino acid (2 words put together)
  7. 15. Protein from which connective tissues are made.
  8. 16. Attached to the backbone of each amino acid (2 words put together)
  9. 19. An amino acid produced as an intermediate compound.
  10. 20. Condition of excess base in the blood.
  11. 21. ____ Balance (the amount consumed compared with amount excreted)
  12. 23. Compound related in structure to the amino acid trpytophan.
  13. 25. Form of PEM related to protein malnutrition and infections.
  14. 27. Low-protein staple food that provides abundant starch energy.
  15. 29. Compounds that accept hydrogens from solutions.
Down
  1. 1. Protein fragments that are 2 amino acids long.
  2. 2. Proteins that facilitate chemical reactions without being changed.
  3. 3. Substance that speeds the rate of a chemical reaction.
  4. 4. Protection from or resistance to a disease or infection.
  5. 7. Irreversible change in a protein's folded shape.
  6. 9. Building blocks of protein. (2 words put together)
  7. 11. Connects one amino acid with another. (2 words put together)
  8. 13. Compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen.
  9. 14. Globular protein of red blood cells.
  10. 17. Chemical messengers secreted by a number of body organs.
  11. 18. Compounds that help keep a solution's acidity constant.
  12. 22. Swelling of body tissues caused by leakage of fluid from blood vessels.
  13. 24. Protein ____ (continuous breakdown of body proteins)
  14. 26. Compounds that released hydrogens in a watery solution.
  15. 28. Principle nitrogen-excretion product of protein metabolism.