MEDICAL CROSSWORD
Across
- 3. The part of the brain that controls balance and coordination
- 7. The power house of the cell
- 9. White blood cells that engulf and digest pathogens
- 12. Nerve cell
- 13. Your heart has ... chambers
- 15. Scan that uses magnets and radio waves to created deatiled soft-tissue images
- 16. Virus that causes chickenpox
- 18. Main artery carrying blood away from the heart
- 20. Bacterium that causes strep throat
- 22. Disease from lack of vitamin C
- 23. Chronic disease characterized by high blood sugar
Down
- 1. Shoulder blade (Bone name)
- 2. Upper arm bone
- 4. Physician who interprets medical imaging (X-rays, MRIs)
- 5. Genus of bacteria that causes Lyme disease
- 6. Virus that causes the common cold
- 8. Body system that fights infection
- 10. Blood type known as the "universal donor"
- 11. Longest bone in the body
- 14. Organ that produces insulin
- 17. Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart
- 19. Shin bone
- 21. Structure that connects muscle to bones