Medical Terms #8

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Across
  1. 3. Phagocyte= a cell that engulfs another cell
  2. 5. VENOUS
  3. 8. ADENoids are glands in your body
  4. 12. can be caused by genetics or environmental factors
  5. 15. Think: we are IDIOTS when we can't figure out what caused the disease/ condition
  6. 16. Monogamy
  7. 17. Inherited from parent
  8. 19. thrombocyte= a clotting cell
  9. 20. Polygamy
  10. 21. you get the flu;your antigens "tag" the foreign virus and start producing antibodies against it.
  11. 22. Think: ischemic stroke vs. hemorrhagic stroke
Down
  1. 1. Occupational therapy
  2. 2. Our spleen is SPLENdid
  3. 4. a GLOB of protein
  4. 6. Can be cancerous or non-cancerous ( such as a mole)
  5. 7. COPD= Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  6. 9. Acute Myocardial infarction ( heart attack)
  7. 10. BIG MAC
  8. 11. a UTI acquired during a hospital stay due to nurse not using sterile technique when inserting the catheter
  9. 13. An amoeba changes its shape to travel through liquid
  10. 14. teeny tiny toy cars
  11. 18. Hemorrhage
  12. 22. Think : Chemotherapy- induced alopecia ( hair loss)
  13. 23. Bruce Banner " morphs" into the hulk