Chapter 15: Promoting Good Health

Across

1. Total health related to your physical, mental, and social well-being.
7. An invisible film of bacteria that forms on your teeth.
8. Any substance that harms the human body.
10. Using a drug for a purpose other than one for which it was intended.
12. Taking the best care of yourself and trying to always look your best.
13. A product that reduces the flow of perspiration and controls body odor.
14. A skin disorder that results in the appearance of blemishes on the face, neck, scalp, upper chest, or back.
15. A colorless and odorless drug found in tobacco.
16. When plaque remains on the teeth and becomes a hard, crusty substance.
17. Disease a person has when he or she is addicted to alcohol.
18. A procedure that can dislodge a piece of food or other item that is stuck in a choking victim's throat. Also called the Heimlich Maneuver.

Down

2. Injuries that result from overstretching muscles.
3. Treatments that help people's bodies develop antibodies to resist certain diseases, such as polio, tetanus, measles, mumps, and rubella.
4. A product that controls body odor by interfering with the growth of bacteria, but does not stop the flow of perspiration.
5. A skin specialist.
6. A drug that slows down activity in the brain and spinal cord.
9. The mental or physical tension you feel when faced with a challenge.
10. Flakes of dead skin cells on the scalp.
11. Injuries that result from tearing ligaments and tendons, usually at a joint such as a knee, elbow, or ankle.