Across
- 8. body’s cells fail to respond to the insulin
- 11. The pancreas does not produce insulin
- 13. loss of consciousness that happens when there is too much blood sugar and too many toxic substances in the blood
- 15. A disease caused by uncontrolled cell growth
- 16. A hormone produced in the pancreas that causes cells to remove glucose from the blood
- 17. disorders that result from progressive damage to the heart and blood vessels
- 18. Factor that includes your age, ethnicity, gender, and heredity
Down
- 1. Using drugs to kill cancer cells
- 2. diseases that are caused partly by unhealthy behaviors and partly by other factors
- 3. a disorder in which cells are unable to obtain glucose from the blood
- 4. Also known as the "silent killer"
- 5. images of the pumping heart and heart valves
- 6. A normal blood pressure
- 7. A harmless tumor
- 9. A disease in which a fatty materials build up on artery walls
- 10. A process in which cancer cells travel to other parts of the body creating a new tumor
- 12. A cancerous tumor
- 14. Measures the electrical activity of the heart