Medical Terminology
Across
- 2. the measure of red blood cells
- 4. general term for low RBC's
- 9. blood in the pleural space
- 11. spinal bone
- 15. normal air sacs in the lungs
- 17. an irregular heartbeat
- 18. lying face up
- 23. closer to the origin of the body
- 24. bone cutting procedure
- 25. sideways spinal curvature
- 29. opposite side of the body
- 30. a general term to describe muscle disease
- 32. white blood cell
- 33. body wide infection
- 34. same side of the body
- 36. a bulge in a vessel wall
- 37. another term for collapsed lung
- 38. membrane around the lungs
- 40. the large airway branches
- 41. surgical procedure that opens blocked arteries
- 42. considered the master gland of the body
Down
- 1. heart muscle
- 3. produces insulin
- 5. front of the body
- 6. the main muscle used for breathing
- 7. gland that controls metabolism
- 8. collarbone
- 10. excess thyroid hormone
- 12. tiny blood vessel
- 13. the surgical rerouting of blood
- 14. longest muscle in the body
- 16. protein involved in clotting
- 19. tissue sampling for testing
- 20. away from the midline
- 21. a blood clot formation
- 22. alveoli damage disease
- 26. plasma without the clotting factors
- 27. back upper arm muscle
- 28. knee cap
- 31. lying face down
- 35. cancer of the blood
- 39. surgical removal
- 41. biggest or main artery leaving the heart