Across
- 6. A disease in which the body doesn't produce or utilize insulin properly.
- 8. Fight-or-flight hormones, including epinephrine and norepinephrine.
- 9. Heart attack; damage to or death of an area of the heart muscle as a result of an obstructed artery to that area.
- 10. Low blood pressure.
- 11. Irregular heart rhythms.
Down
- 1. Fatty/cholesterol deposits in the walls of the arteries leading to formation of plaque.
- 2. A waxy substance, technically a steroid alcohol, found only in animal fats and oil; used in making cell membranes, as a building block for some hormones, in the fatty sheath around nerve fibers, and other necessary substances.
- 3. resistance Inability of the cells to respond appropriately to insulin.
- 4. Condition in which a blood vessel that feeds the brain ruptures or is clogged, leading to blood flow disruption to the brain.
- 5. A condition characterized by slightly elevated blood glucose levels.
- 7. An array of metabolic abnormalities that contribute to the development of atherosclerosis triggered by insulin resistance. These conditions include low HDL cholesterol, high triglycerides, high blood pressure, and an increased blood-clotting mechanism.