Medical Terminology F-I
Across
- 3. broken bone ranging from a crack to a complete break
- 7. abnormally high blood pressure
- 9. heart rate; expressed as beats per minute
- 10. an uncoordinated, quivering movement of the heart muscle resulting in an irregular pulse and poor blood flow
- 12. an indwelling catheter; a thin flexible tube inserted into the urethra to drain the bladder
- 14. insertion of an endotracheal tube to assist patient breathing
Down
- 1. status of a patient who requires hospital admission
- 2. abnormally low blood pressure
- 4. slang term referring to the first hour after a traumatic injury where the chances of successful treatment are highest
- 5. indicates a medication or fluid given through the vein
- 6. pertaining to blood
- 8. characterized by a lack of blood flow to an organ or part of the body; often refers to heart-cardiac ischemia
- 11. inflammation
- 13. related to the stomach