Across
- 2. When a patient has an amputation below the joint of the knee
- 5. disorder that affects the nerves. The immune system malfunctions and attacks the body's own tissues and organs
- 8. heart attack
- 9. the damaged bone and cartilage of the hip is removed and replaced with prosthetic components.
- 12. progressive nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, causing loss of muscle control.
Down
- 1. Infection of the large intestine (colon) caused by the bacteria Clostridium difficile.
- 3. type of respiratory failure characterized by rapid onset of widespread inflammation in the lungs.
- 4. difficulty breathing with exertion
- 6. fractures are reconnected with plates and screws
- 7. group of diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass. AGubnormal genes (mutations) interfere with the production of proteins needed to form healthy muscle.
- 10. when a patient is able to move the skeletal system specifically the joint without help or assistance from another person or object in the envrionment
- 11. A condition where the major blood vessels supplying the heart are narrowed.