SMART Crossword
Across
- 5. Medical term for high blood pressure
- 7. A physician who specializes in the practice of hospital medicine.
- 11. Small, grapelike sac that performs gas exchange in the lungs.
- 13. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema, a pair of commonly coexisting diseases of the lungs in which the airways become narrowed. (abbreviation)
- 14. A vessel that carries blood away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body.
- 16. A breathing machine.
- 17. Constancy in the internal environment of the body, naturally maintained by adaptive responses that promote healthy survival.
- 20. The brain and spinal cord are part of the “_______ nervous system.”
- 21. A twisted mass of blood capillaries and urine tubules in the kidney where filtering of waste products occurs.
- 23. A cell specialized to conduct and generate electrical impulses and to carry information from one part of the brain to another.
- 24. Lower number recorded when measuring blood pressure; when the heart relaxes. “_______ pressure.”
- 25. Process that causes air to leave the lungs.
- 27. organ responsible for filtering blood.
- 28. The amount of money a patient must first pay before the insurance benefits begin.
- 29. Blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart.
- 30. Larger number recorded when measuring blood pressure; when the heart contracts. “_______ pressure.”
Down
- 1. An expense to be paid by the insured that is a percentage of the provider's charge. For example, if a plan has 80/20, the patient will be required to pay 20% of covered services while the insurance will pay 80%.
- 2. Organ of the repository system that performs gas exchange.
- 3. A pathological condition in which the body as a whole or region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply.
- 4. Type of non-healing wound greater than 30-days.
- 6. Also known as the throat.
- 8. How fast the air enters the patient from the ventilator. (two words)
- 9. A broken bone.
- 10. A specific dollar amount that you are required to pay at the time of the doctor's visit.
- 12. Stands for “Activities of Daily Living.”
- 15. Occurs when brain cells die because of inadequate blood flow to the brain.
- 18. Process that causes air to enter the lungs.
- 19. Tube connected to the trachea that branches into many subsidiaries and provides a passageway for air to enter and leave the lungs.
- 22. Type of blood cell and the vertebrate organism's principal means of delivering oxygen to the body tissues. (abbreviation)
- 26. Inadequate blood flow to the body's tissue.