Across
- 3. a surrounding framework, enabling development in a structured manner
- 5. calcified dental plaque, composed primarily of calcium phosphate mineral salts deposited between and within remnants of formerly viable microorganisms
- 6. white blood corpuscle capable of amoeboid movement; functions to protect the body against infection and disease
- 7. crystalline mineral component of bones and teeth that contains calcium and phosphate
- 9. without definite shape or visible differentiation in structure
Down
- 1. nucleus, focus, point of origin
- 2. inhibitor of calcification that occurs in parotid saliva of humans in variable amounts; anticalculus component of “tartar-control” dentifrices
- 4. heterotrophic microorganism that lives and grows in complete (or almost complete) absence of oxygen; some are obligate, others facultative; adj. anaerobic.
- 7. heterotrophic microorganism that can live and grow in the presence of free oxygen; some are obligate, others facultative; adj. aerobic.
- 8. a solution containing more of an ingredient that can be held in solution permanently