Across
- 2. a disease of the nervous system that causes partial paralysis, weakness, mental confusion, and death
- 3. excessively large amounts
- 5. a vitamin D deficiency diseases that causes softf, weak bones
- 10. a compound that can be changed into a vitamin in the body
- 11. a disease that causes skin eruption, digestive and nervous disturbances, and eventual mental decline
- 12. complex organic substances vital to life
Down
- 1. an orange plant pigment that can be changed into vitamin A in the intestines and liver
- 4. dissolve in lipids
- 6. dissolve in water
- 7. adult rickets
- 8. a loss in bone density due to a prolonged deficiency of calcium
- 9. compounds that come from plant sources and may help improves health and reduce the risk of some diseases