Health Topics

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. The abbreviation for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, an advanced stage of HIV infection. (4)
  2. 5. Pertaining to ___ (11)
  3. 7. Food and nutrients the body needs to grow (9)
  4. 9. A distensible membranous sac (7)
  5. 11. Greasy substance in food and body tissue (plural) (4)
  6. 13. A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended (5)
  7. 14. Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (plural) (8)
  8. 15. A person who is ___ to a particular infection (6)

Down

  1. 1. The trait of abstaining (10)
  2. 2. Breaking of hard tissue such as bone (8)
  3. 3. Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism (plural) (8)
  4. 4. Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (plural) (8)
  5. 6. Any substance that promotes ___ (9)
  6. 8. Red liquid pumped around the body by the heart (5)
  7. 10. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis (7)
  8. 12. Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function (6)