Scientific Terminology Crossword!

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  1. 3. the body’s quick source of energy, found mainly whole grains
  2. 5. a metabolic disease which results when the body cannot produce enough or any insulin, a hormone used to regulate blood glucose levels
  3. 7. chemical substances added to food with the purpose of preserving or enhancing
  4. 8. type of medication that serves to counteract stomach acidity
  5. 11. transplanting tissues amongst different species
  6. 13. the first segment in the small intestine which plays a role in the chemical digestion of chyme and absorption of nutrients
  7. 14. metabolic process used as a preservative technique
  8. 15. biological proteins which at as catalyst to speed up chemical reactions within the body
  9. 16. a holistic medicine that uses plants to stimulate the body’s natural healing mechanisms
  10. 18. device used to regulate heart rhythm by sending electrical impulses
  11. 22. small disc shaped structures formed in bone marrow, responsible for the coagulation of blood to form blood clots
  12. 23. gram-negative, rod-shaped coccobacillus bacterium transmitted to humans by infected flea bitten rodents, responsible for killing millions of people in Europe in the Middle Ages
  13. 24. medicine which delays the growth or kills microorganisms such as bacteria, but does not kill viruses
  14. 25. acronym for recent 2009 influenza pandemic, made up of genes from flu viruses that normally circulate in pigs
  15. 26. the use of telecommunications technology to communicate among health care professionals to treat patients
  16. 27. deadly disease caused by bacterium yersina pestis, otherwise referred to as the Black Death
Down
  1. 1. specialized global agency of the United Nation which helps govern internal public health (acronym)
  2. 2. technology that separates DNA fragments based on their size using an electric field
  3. 4. viruses that infect bacteria, using them as hosts
  4. 6. system used transport oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the body
  5. 9. global infection outbreak
  6. 10. process in which somebody is made resistant or immune to a certain infectious disease, usually done by receiving a vaccine
  7. 12. muscular-walled tubes that carry blood away from the heart and help maintain blood pressure
  8. 17. non-invasive, real-time imaging that uses high-frequency sound waves to see internal structures and blood flow
  9. 19. small infectious agents that requires a host cell to multiply, composed of a single nucleic acid and protein capsid
  10. 20. process used to create identical genetic copies of organisms
  11. 21. the use of biological processes, organisms, or systems, to develop technologies and products to provide a higher quality of life