Medical Terminology, Klamath Community College, Angela Denny,

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Across
  1. 4. Gas that makes up 21 percent of the air. It passes into the bloodstream at the lungs and travels to all body cells
  2. 5. Cavity surrounded by the skull
  3. 7. Cavity in the chest surrounded by the ribs
  4. 8. Collection of puss, white blood cells, and protein that is present at the site of infection
  5. 11. Inflammation of gland
  6. 13. Release of the ovum from the ovary
  7. 17. Process of the study of the heart
  8. 20. A picture of chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell
  9. 21. A scientist who studies tissue
  10. 24. Flexible connective tissue attached to bones and joints
  11. 25. The total of the chemical processes in a cell
  12. 28. An incision into the trachea to open it below a blockage
  13. 30. A flap of cartilage attached to the root of the tongue, prevents choking or aspiration of food
  14. 32. Two upper chambers of the heart
  15. 33. Slow heartbeat
  16. 34. Cancerous Tumor
  17. 37. Berry shaped bacterium that grows in twisted chains
  18. 38. Membrane surrounding the abdominal organs
Down
  1. 1. Simple sugar
  2. 2. Low blood cells or abnormality of hemoglobin
  3. 3. Inflammation of joint
  4. 6. Are small masses of lymphatic tissue in the part of the pharynx near the nose and nasal passages
  5. 9. Muscle separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities
  6. 10. Chemical found within each chromosome
  7. 12. Rings of muscle control the openings into and leading out of the stomach
  8. 14. Study of cells
  9. 15. One of a pair of female organs(gonads)on each side of the pelvis
  10. 16. voice box
  11. 18. Windpipe
  12. 19. Chronic STD caused by spirochete (spiral shaped bacterium)
  13. 22. Berry shaped bacteria that grows in small clusters
  14. 23. Tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body
  15. 26. Before birth
  16. 27. Branch of medicine concerned with pregnancy and childbirth
  17. 29. Space between the lungs
  18. 31. Two lower chambers of the heart
  19. 32. The process of building up protein in a cell
  20. 33. Process of viewing live tissue under a microscope
  21. 35. Control center of the cell, containing chromosomes
  22. 36. Regions of DNA within each chromosome