Medical Terminology
Across
- 2. spread of cancer from primary site to distant organs
- 4. lower heart chamber that pumps blood out
- 6. relating to the heart
- 9. blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- 10. tiny blood vessel for exchange with tissues
- 12. abnormal heart rhythm
- 15. reduced blood flow to tissue causing oxygen deficit
- 17. traveling clot that can obstruct vessels
- 21. inflammation of a joint
- 24. substance that stimulates immune protection
- 26. drug that kills or inhibits bacteria
- 28. invasion of the body by pathogens
- 30. relating to the heart muscle
- 32. removal of tissue sample for diagnostic examination
- 34. tissue death caused by prolonged ischemia
- 36. excess fluid accumulation in tissues
- 37. abnormally low blood pressure
- 38. body response to injury characterized by redness swelling and heat
Down
- 1. decreased bone density increasing fracture risk
- 3. chest pain from transient myocardial ischemia
- 5. muscular pump that circulates blood
- 7. main artery leaving the heart
- 8. stationary blood clot inside a vessel
- 11. blood vessel that returns blood to the heart
- 13. FAILURE condition where the heart cannot pump adequately
- 14. displacement of bones at a joint
- 16. chronically elevated blood pressure
- 18. heart contraction phase
- 19. break in a bone
- 20. rapid quivering irregular heart rhythm
- 22. abnormal tissue growth that may be benign or malignant
- 23. ligament injury caused by stretching or tearing
- 25. upper heart chamber that receives blood
- 27. fibrous tissue connecting muscle to bone
- 29. vessels that supply the heart muscle
- 31. heart relaxation and filling phase
- 33. metal tube inserted to keep a vessel open
- 35. fibrous tissue connecting bone to bone