Teeth
A hole that forms in a tooth because of tooth decay.
What is cavity?
A part of food that your body does not digest.
What is fiber?
A hurt on the body where the skin has been torn off.
What is an abrasion, or cut?
Practices that help preserve your health, such as washing your hands.
What is hygiene?
Poor health condition that occurs when your body does not get all the nutrients it needs.
What is malnutrition?
A sticky, whitish material that coats teeth; the germs in this substance cause tooth decay.
What is plaque?
Foods that are used in a recipe.
What are ingredients?
Frozen skin and tissue resulting from overexposure to cold temperatures.
An instrument that makes tiny microbes look bigger for the sake of studying them.
What is a microscope?
The throb felt in your artery each time your heart beats.
What is pulse?
To rot; plaque bacteria make acid that causes this substance.
Nutrients that are found in soil; some are needed by your body.
What are minerals?
Burn caused by overexposure to direct sunlight.
What is sunburn?
A shot that helps the body develop antibodies that make it immune to a particular disease; immunization. Sometimes this shot is more harmful than good though.
What is vaccine?
A measurement of how much energy is contained in food.
What are calories?
The hard material that covers your teeth.
What is enamel?
Foods that are already prepared or partly prepared when you buy them.
What is processed food?
What is sprain?
The tiniest kind of germ.
What is virus?
A tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach.
What is esophagus?
Sometimes found to be controversial, dentists say that this mineral helps your teeth stay strong and healthy. Others say it is bad for your health.
What is fluoride?
A nutrient that is essential to health; these things are naturally present in food in very small quantities.
What are vitamins?
A serious condition caused by exposure to too much heat where the body temperature goes above 103 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is heat stroke?
Very small living organisms, too small to be seen without a microscope, can be killed with antibiotics.
What are bacteria?
The muscle between your chest and abdomen that helps your lungs fill with air.
What is diaphragm?