Understanding the Basics of Medical Terminology
Across
- 7. / a-
- 8. system / body system that includes the lungs and airways and performs breathing
- 10. system / body system that includes the brain, spinal cord, and nerves and controls most body functions by sending and receiving messages
- 12. / study of poisons
- 14. / plastic surgery of the skin
- 15. / contractile tissue that plays a major role in body movement
- 17. system / body system that includes the hear and blood vessels
- 20. / -kinesis;-kinesia
- 21. / -sclerosis
- 26. / derm(o)
- 27. membrane / largest membrane of the human body
- 28. / group of specialized tissue that performs a specific function
- 29. / any group of cells that work together to perform a single function
- 30. / muscle pain
Down
- 1. / heart
- 2. / -plegia
- 3. / -algia
- 4. / at or towards the front of the body
- 5. / at or towards the back of the body
- 6. / fear of blood
- 9. / -itis
- 11. / any group of organs and ancillary parts that work together to form a function
- 13. / dys-
- 16. / -genic
- 18. / fibrous band that connects muscle to bone or other structures
- 19. / phleb(o)
- 22. / -pathy
- 23. fixation / -pexy
- 24. / place of joining between two or more bones
- 25. / neuro