Vocabulary
Across
- 1. one of the curved bones that protects the organs in the chest
- 8. in the lungs, one of the very small tubes that branch out from the bronchi and connect to the alveoli (= little air bags)
- 9. the study and treatment of medical conditions of the heart
- 12. the branch of medicine that deals with treating mental illness
- 13. the organ in your body that pumps blood
- 15. the hairs on your eyelids
- 17. the part of the face under the mouth
- 18. the coloured/colored part of the eye
- 20. the study of conditions that make the joints swell
- 21. one of two organs that clean the blood in your body
- 23. one of the hard white objects in your mouth
- 25. a thin membrane covering each lung that folds back to make a lining for the chest cavity
- 27. the part of the body between the shoulders and head
- 28. the area of medicine concerned with the parts of the body that produce and carry urine
- 32. the line of hairs over your eye
- 33. the top of the inside of the mouth
- 34. the liquid that forms in the mouth to help digestion.
- 36. a hollow space in the body, especially one of the four main hollow spaces in the brain or one of the two main chambers in the lower part of the heart that pump blood into the arteries
- 37. the upper part of the throat that contains the vocal cords; voice box
- 38. the front part of the body between the neck and the stomach
- 40. a gland (= an organ) in the front of the neck that is involved in controlling the way the body develops and works
- 41. the body part you smell with
- 43. the mass of thin thread-like strands on humans’ heads and some animals
- 48. the tube at the back of the throat that carries air to the lungs; windpipe
- 49. either of the two upper chambers of the heart that send blood around the body; auricle
- 50. the science of heredity.
- 52. the study and treatment of tumours (= masses of cells) in the body
Down
- 2. the organ inside the head
- 3. one of two body parts on a woman’s chest
- 4. operations on any part of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, and individual nerves
- 5. the organ in your body that cleans your blood
- 6. the transparent covering of the eyeball
- 7. the part of your face that has your tongue and teeth in it
- 10. one of two parts of sb’s face under the eyes
- 11. the branch of medicine involving the use of radioactive substances and radiation in the diagnosis (and treatment) of diseases.
- 14. the black opening in the center of the eye
- 16. the bones of the head
- 19. one of the openings in the nose
- 22. the long soft thing in your mouth
- 24. the opening at the back of your mouth
- 26. the part of the throat that leads from the mouth and nasal passages to the oesophagus/esophagus
- 29. the part of the eye that focuses light
- 30. the body part that you see with
- 31. a small tube near the stomach
- 32. one of the two hearing organs on the sides of your head
- 35. either of the two organs in the chest with which people and some animals breathe
- 39. the skin that covers your eye
- 42. the area of science and medicine that is concerned with the kidneys
- 43. the top part of your body that has your eyes, nose and mouth on it
- 44. the science or study of medical care for children
- 45. the organ into which food passes after you have eaten it
- 46. the bones that form the mouth and hold the teeth
- 47. the part of the back of the eye that receives the image of what is seen
- 51. either of two lumps of tissue at the back of the throat