Medical Terminology
Across
- 2. What is the breakdown of urine into parts called?
- 6. What are erosions of skin or mucous membranes as a result of prolonged pressure called?
- 8. If you are experiencing abnormal heart rhythms and irregular heartbeats, this is called what?
- 11. What is the common term for things that animals eat that are not normal food or treats?
- 15. What is the device placed around the neck and head of dogs or cats to prevent them from traumatizing an area called?
- 16. Breathing out is also called what?
- 17. What are bones outside of the body called?
- 21. What is the blood protein that transports oxygen called?
- 22. Which prefix means toward?
- 25. Means low blood sugar.
- 26. Lying on the back.
- 29. Inflammation of the colon.
- 30. What is the surgical incision into the stomach called?
- 31. Suffix meaning to burst.
- 32. If the inside of the body will be visually examined, this procedure is called what?
- 34. Also called crit, PVC, or packed cell volume.
- 35. Both ears.
- 36. If you have difficulty or labored breathing, it is called what?
- 37. Absence of sensation and consciousness.
- 38. If you have an enlarged heart, this is known as what?
Down
- 1. Air in the pathway of the respiratory system.
- 3. If you are experiencing difficult or painful urination, this is called what?
- 4. What is the condition called of having a short face? Ex.Pugs
- 5. What is the colorless solution of formaldehyde used as a preservative for biological specimens?
- 7. Prefix meaning slow.
- 9. Opposite of towards a surface.
- 10. If you have increased blood pressure, you are experiencing what?
- 12. What prefix means outside?
- 13. The number of times the heart contracts and relaxes per minute is called what?
- 14. What is the removal of cells or tissues for microscopic or chemical examinations called?
- 18. Which suffix means blood?
- 19. System that includes the brain and spinal cord.
- 20. Sterilization unit that creates high temperature pressurized steam.
- 23. Decreased blood pressure.
- 24. What is the incision into the abdominal cavity called? Also known as a laparotomy.
- 27. Which suffix means disease?
- 28. Accumulation of blood in the chest cavity is called what?
- 30. Prefix meaning within, inside.
- 33. Suffix which means pertaining to the kidneys.