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Chapter 22: Nutrition

Across
Formation of glucose from noncarbohydrates, such as proteins or lipids.
Make about 95% of lipids and consist of three fatty acids attached to a glycerol molecule.
The energy needed to keep the resting body functional.
Energy source used to produce ATP.
Results from a normal number of fat cells that have increased in size.
The presence of excess body fat.
An excessive production of ketone bodies.
Derived from fatty acids and include prostaglandins and leukotrienes.
Chemicals that increase the synthesis of prostaglandins.
The period immediately after a meal when nutrients are being absorbed through the intestinal wall into the circulatory and lymphatic systems.
Inorganic nutrients that are necessary for normal metabolic function.
Inadequate intake of nutrients or inability to metabolize or absorb nutrients.
Chemicals taken into the body and are used to produced energy
Enzyme that forms channels for H+ to pass through.
Down
Must be ingested because the body cannot manufacture adequate amounts.
The total amount of energy produced and used by the body per unit of time.
A transfer of heat between the body and the air or water.
The third phase of aerobic respiration that includes ATP production, NADH and FADH2 production, and carbon dioxide production.
The total amount of energy liberated by the complete catabolism of food.
Series of chemical reactions where glucose is broken down into two pyruvic acid molecules.
A phosphate group is transferred from ATP to the glucose molecule.
Energy-requiring process by which small molecules are joined to form larger molecules.
Damage to the skin and deeper tissues due to prolonged exposure to the cold.
Prevent the oxidation of cell components by donating an electron to free radicals.
Molecules that have the same number and kinds of atoms.
The loss of an electron by an atom.
Higher-than-normal body temperature following the invasion of the body by microorganisms or other foreign substances.