Medical Words
Across
- 1. pulse fades in and out intermittently
- 4. the first antibiotic introduced in 1943 (known as the "magic Bullet"
- 6. pressure when heart contracts(top)
- 9. tying off blood vessels or ducts
- 12. violence against civillians to further political or surgical objectives
- 13. state of carrying a developing embryo or fetus within the body
- 16. touching without consent or performing a procedure without consent
- 17. a failure to act that results in injury to a person
- 19. community emergency response team
- 20. lack of proper nutrition that results from insufficient food intake or an improper diet
- 22. produced by the body in response to invasion by a foreign organism or molecule
- 25. when less of this is produced,eating and swallowing is affected
- 26. tissue is taken from one part of the body and attached to another
Down
- 2. postmortem exam of the body to determine cause of death
- 3. a progressive and fatal brain disease in which neurons are destroyed
- 5. the first time a pregnant women feels the fetus move
- 7. pressure when heart relaxes(bottom)
- 8. do not resuscitate(no CPR)
- 10. reconnection of organs or vessels
- 11. measures the force of the blood against the walls of the arteries when the heart contracts and relaxes
- 13. blood pushing against the wall of an artery as the heart contracts
- 14. monthly shedding of the endometrium if no pregnancy occurs
- 15. individuals living in a nursing home
- 18. the taking in and using of food by the body to maintain health
- 21. release of a mature egg from ovary
- 23. the legal advocate for LTC residents-visits the facilities and works to resolve complaints
- 24. tissue sample excised for examination under microscope