Across
- 3. _______ nitrogen balance: building mode; exceeds excretion; builds more tissue than breaks down
- 5. conditions that _________ metabolism: fever, cancer, burns, hyperthyroidism
- 7. _________ rate: speed at which food energy is burned.
- 8. the breaking down of substances → Results= Released energy
- 9. factors that affect __________ BMR: lean, muscular body build; prolonged stress; pregnancy; periods of rapid growth
- 11. _______ nitrogen balance: breaking down mode; insufficient protein; breaking down more than it is building
- 13. the first step of digestion
Down
- 1. the systemic process that includes the breakdown and absorption of nutrients
- 2. condition that _________ metabolism: hypothyroidism
- 4. factors that affect __________ BMR: short, overweight body build and malnutrition
- 6. the building or repairing of substances → Results= Consumed energy
- 10. the sum of all chemical processes that occur on a cellular level to maintain homeostasis
- 12. occurs as components of nutrients pass through the digestive system into the bloodstream and lymphatic system
