Across
- 4. high blood pressure
- 7. a state of good health with optimal body function
- 10. process in which nutrients are used by cells for tissue building
- 11. process by which the body breaks down food into smaller parts
- 12. arteries are narrowed by accumulation of fatty substances on their inner surfaces
- 13. metabolic disease caused by an insufficent secretion or use of insulin
- 14. nutrients that provide the most concentrated form of energy
Down
- 1. major source of readily usable human energy
- 2. all body processes relating to food
- 3. condition in which bones become porous and break easily
- 5. indigestive form of plant carbohydrate
- 6. process by which blood or lymph capillaries pick up digested nutrients
- 8. rhythmic, wavelike motion of muscles
- 9. organic compounds commonly called fats and oils