Unit 7 Medical Terms
Across
- 2. plural form of rounded, bony prominences such as those on each side of the ankle joint.
- 4. benign tumors of fatty tissues.
- 7. presence of gas in abdominal cavity.
- 8. welling or morbid enlargement of the lymph nodes.
- 9. surgical removal of the gallbladder.
- 10. instruments for withdrawing fluid from a cavity.
- 11. incision into the loin.
- 12. within the abdominal cavity.
- 14. incision into the intestines which produce a small hole in the abdomen through which the intestines are emptied.
- 15. the arrest of bleeding.
- 16. pertaining to relaxed or loose bowels.
- 17. wounds or injuries.
- 18. related to the tissue that lines the abdominal cavity and covers most of the viscera.
Down
- 1. the long bone of the thigh.
- 3. listening to sounds made by the various body structures as a diagnostic method.
- 5. characterized by an increase in the bulk of a part or an organ caused by an increase in the size of the cells rather than an increase in the number of cells; not due to a tumor.
- 6. enlargement of the liver or spleen.
- 13. examination with hands.