AP MOD.II-Metabolism Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
metabolism | process of using nutrient molecules as energy sources |
catabolism | process of breaking nutrients down to release energy-uses oxygen |
anabolism | process of building nutrients up |
vitamins | organic molecules needed for normal metabolism |
avitaminosis | deficiency of a vitamin |
scurvy | vitamin C deficiency |
minerals | inorganis molecules |
basal metabolic rate | (BMR)-rate of metabolism when body is resting |
total metabolic rate | (TMR)-total amounts of energy (calories) used by body per day |
anorexia nervosa | behavioral disorder characterized by chronic refusal to eat |
bulimia | behavioral disorder of craving food then self-denial |
obesity | abnormally high body fat |
protein-calorie malnutrition | (PCM)-deficiency of calories and protein |
marasmus | condition caused by lack of calories |
kwashiorkor | condition caused by protein deficiency despite adequate calories |
fever | high body temperature |
mailgnant hyperthermia | inherited condition that causes increased body temperature under anesthesia |
heat exhaustion | overheating problem in which body is dehydrated but body temperature is normal |
heatstroke | potentially life-threatening condition of overheating of body |
hypothermia | a body temperature lower than 95 degrees |
frostbite | local tissue damage caused by extreme cold |
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