Metabolism Crossword

5. When the blood doesn’t have enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen.
7. Groups of body parts that work together to do a certain job, like digestion or breathing.
8. The power your body uses to move, grow, and stay alive.
11. Having to do with the heart, blood, and blood vessels that move materials around the body.
13. A nutrient made of amino acids that helps build muscles and repair cells.
15. All the chemical reactions in the body that turn food into energy.
16. A kind of carbohydrate found in foods like bread or potatoes that the body breaks into glucose.
17. A simple sugar that gives the body’s cells energy.
18. A small building block that joins with others to make proteins.
19. Tiny groups of atoms joined together that make up all matter.

1. Having to do with breaking down food so the body can use it.
2. An organ that helps digest food and controls how much sugar is in your blood.
3. A condition where the body has trouble controlling blood sugar levels.
4. The number of times you breathe in one minute.
6. Having to do with breathing or the lungs.
9. A gas the body makes when it uses energy and then breathes out.
10. The number of times your heart beats in one minute.
12. A lung condition that makes it hard to breathe because the airways get tight.
14. A gas in the air that the body needs to release energy from food.