Across
- 5. Along with feces and sweating, most water is lost via this process
- 6. Term for a chain of amino acids greater than 50
- 9. Type of plasma protein that aids the immune system response to pathogens
- 11. Medical term for the area around the lungs
- 12. An enzyme that breaks down fat
- 14. Primary form of fat storage in animals
- 16. Most common simple sugar in the body
- 17. Along with myosin, these proteins allow muscles to contract
- 18. Medical term for around the heart
- 19. Compounds that combine with free hydrogen ions and increases pH
- 21. Compounds that release a hydrogen ion
- 22. Classification of proteins that contain enzymes and hormones
- 25. The “C” component that makes up amino acids
- 26. Leukotrines act a messengers during the ____ process
- 28. Medical term for the area around the abdominal viscera
- 30. Number of linked amino acids that create a protein (2 words)
- 31. pH measures the _____ of hydrogen molecules
Down
- 1. The “N” component that makes up amino acids
- 2. Type of solutions that contain both acids and bases
- 3. Proteins are made of these building blocks (2 words)
- 4. AKA Extracellular fluid
- 6. Fatty acid that regulates ovarian function in some animals
- 7. Classification of proteins that contain collagen and elastin
- 8. Type of protein found in wool, hooves, and horns
- 10. Protoplasm (aka cytoplasm) is made mostly of this component
- 13. Important steroid that is essential to the cell membrane
- 15. Fluid within the cells is called this
- 20. AKA dietary sugar
- 23. The “H” component that makes up amino acids
- 24. Term for a small chain of amino acids
- 27. The _____ the pH, the greater the number of free hydrogen ions
- 29. The “O” component that makes up amino acids