Nutrition 170
Nutrition Telecourse
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Nutrition 170 |
Crossword Puzzle Number 3: Vocabulary from Chapters 10-12 |
Use the crossword puzzle layout below to help you determine the correct vocabulary words. Each crossword is worth 5 points and you will need to submit your answers for a score. So after you complete the puzzle, note your answers in the spaces provided below each clue. Double check your spelling because misspelled words will not be given credit. Have your answers available. Click the submit quiz link and follow the directions to submit your answers.
Non-nutrient compounds found in plant-derived foods that have biological activity in the body. (14 letters, the 8th letter intersects with the first letter of 4 down. The 10th letter is the second letter of 1 down. The 12th letter is the first letter of 5 down. The 14th letter is the second letter of 2 down).
Answer 3 Across: _____________________________
A substance in foods that significantly decreases the adverse effects of free radicals on normal physiological functions in the human body. (11 letters, the 1st letter is the 2nd letter of 7 across, the 11th letter is the 5th letter of 4 down).
Answer 7 Across: ________________________________
A hereditary disease in which the blood is unable to clot because it lacks the ability to synthesize clotting factors. (10 letters, the 2nd letter is the 2nd letter of 8 down. The 4th letter is the 2nd letter of 9 down. The 8th letter is the 8th letter of 4 down).
Answer 10 Across: _________________________________
The vitamin D-deficiency in children characterized by inadequate mineralization of bone (manifested in bowed legs or knock-knees, outward-bowed chest, and knobs on ribs). (7 letters, the 2nd letter is the 10th letter of 3 across).
Answer 1 Down: _______________________________
A disease in which the bones become porous and fragile due to a loss in minerals; also called adult bone loss (12 letters, the 2nd letter is the last letter in 3 across).
Answer 2 Down: ________________________________
Salts that dissolve in water and dissociate into charged particles called ions (12 letters, the 1st letter is the 8th letter of 3 across, the 5th letter is the last letter of 7 across, and the 8th letter is the 8th letter of 10 across).
Answer 4 Down: ________________________________
A hormone secreted by the adrenal glands that regulates blood pressure by increasing the re-absorption of sodium by the kidneys. This hormone also regulates chloride and potassium concentrations (11 letters, the 1st letter is the 12th letter of 3 across).
Answer 5 Down: ________________________________
Pigments commonly found in plants and animal, some of which have vitamin A activity (11 letters, the 2nd letter is the 1st letter of 7 across).
Answer 6 Down: ________________________________
A neurotransmitter important in sleep regulation, appetite control, and sensory perception, among other roles. This is synthesized in the body from the amino acid tryptophan with the help of vitamin B-6 (9 letters, the second letter is the second letter of 10 across).
Answer 8 Down: ________________________________
The principal cation in the extra cellular fluids of the body; critical to the maintenance of fluid balance, nerve impulse transmissions, and muscle contractions (6 letters, the second letter is the 4th letter of 10 across).
Answer 9 Down: ________________________________
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Schindelbeck
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