MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND TERMINOLOGY

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Across
  1. 1. The transfer of disease from one organ or part to another not directly connected with it.
  2. 7. The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord.
  3. 8. Presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the intercellular tissue spaces of the body.
  4. 10. Reduction of sufficient oxygen in tissues in spite of adequate blood supply.
  5. 11. The sorting out and classification of casualties of war or other disaster to determine priority of need and proper place of treatment.
  6. 12. A posterior teeth which are used for grinding food.
  7. 15. History and physical.
  8. 16. An acute inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines.
  9. 19. Formation of an infarct (generally, a necrosis of tissue due to an obstruction of circulation); commonly myocardial infarction or heart attack.
  10. 22. (not cerebral spinal) - pertaining to the brain and spinal cord.
  11. 29. Most commonly refers to the uvula palatine, the small, fleshy mass hanging from the soft palate above the roof of the tongue.
  12. 30. (not brachioplexus) - a network of vessels and nerves in shoulder/arm region.
  13. 34. Pertaining to or compromising the skeleton and the muscles.
  14. 35. Of or pertaining to the veins.
  15. 36. An elevated, irregularly-shaped scar.
  16. 38. Draw toward the median line of the body.
  17. 39. The irrigation or washing out of an organ, such as a stomach of bowel.
  18. 42. Abnormal softening of cartilage.
  19. 43. Pelvis; part of the hipbone.
  20. 47. Dislocation in which bone is displaced from its normal position in the joint cavity.
  21. 48. Shaped like a sword, as in xiphoid process.
  22. 50. Inflammation of one of more vertebrae.
  23. 54. The four anterior teeth in either jaw.
  24. 55. Dilation of the bronchial tubes.
  25. 56. Draw away from the median line of the body.
  26. 60. (not capitalized) - a surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus, performed to deliver a fetus.
  27. 62. Inflammation of the fascia of the sole of the foot.
  28. 68. A small, local, involuntary contraction of muscle fibrosis: formation of fibrous tissue.
  29. 71. Examination of the interior of the abdomen by means of instrument called a laparoscope.
  30. 73. That branch of medical science which deals with the nervous system.
  31. 75. Pertaining to the back of the position more toward the back; same as posterior in human anatomy.
  32. 78. An instrument for recording variations or undulations, arterial or other.
  33. 81. Surgical creation of a small opening in the stapes.
  34. 84. The circumstance whereby a sensation such as pain or touch is experienced at a point remote from that at which the stimulus occurs.
  35. 86. Persisting over a long period of time.
  36. 87. The medical science concerned with the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the lungs.
  37. 90. The bone that extends from the shoulder to the elbow.
  38. 92. That branch of surgery and medical science which is specially concerned with the preservation and restoration of the function of the skeletal system, its articulations, and associated structures.
  39. 93. Substance found in muscle and blood and excreted in the urine.
  40. 94. Pertaining to or affecting the chest.
  41. 95. Excision of the posterior arch of a vertebra.
  42. 96. Forward displacement of lumbar vertebra(e).
Down
  1. 2. Temporary suspension of consciousness, a faint or swoon.
  2. 3. Shoulder -- collarbone junction.
  3. 4. (one word) - small, pear-shaped muscular sac, located under the right lobe of the liver, in which bile secreted by the liver is stored until needed by the body for digestion.
  4. 5. Any of the bones of the fingers or toes.
  5. 6. Pertaining to a base or basal part.
  6. 9. Difficulty in swallowing.
  7. 13. Pertaining to the treatment of the aged.
  8. 14. Having a short and relatively severe course.
  9. 15. Abnormally low blood pressure.
  10. 17. The outer and smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.
  11. 18. excision of the gallbladder
  12. 20. The removal of an ovary or ovaries.
  13. 21. Teeth immediately lateral to the incisors.
  14. 23. Vascular disorder characterized by ischemia of the fingers or toes.
  15. 24. Not malignant; not recurrent; favorable for recovery.
  16. 25. A portion of the small intestine.
  17. 26. The deviation of light in passing obliquely from one medium to another; the process of determining the refractive errors of the eye and their correction by glasses.
  18. 27. Of, or pertaining to, synovia which is a viscid fluid contained in joint cavities also called synovial fluid.
  19. 28. Excision of an ovarian cyst.
  20. 31. Kneecap
  21. 32. Having one cusp or point; canine tooth.
  22. 33. Degenerative changes of the vertebrae.
  23. 37. A rapidly growing tumor.
  24. 40. Aspiration
  25. 41. Division of the lamina of a vertebra.
  26. 44. An instrument for measuring blood pressure in arteries.
  27. 45. Graphic record of the view of an intervertebral disk.
  28. 46. To examine by the hands, to feel.
  29. 49. Sound of murmur heard in auscultation, especially an abnormal one.
  30. 51. Having two cusps or points; bicuspid valve of the heart; pre-molar tooth.
  31. 52. Sticky, thick.
  32. 53. Involuntary, rapid movement of the eyeball.
  33. 57. Dilation of the cervix and curettage of the uterus.
  34. 58. The study of the heart and its functions.
  35. 59. Socket in the pelvis within which the head of the femur fits.
  36. 61. Any degenerative disease of the brain.
  37. 63. Localized collection of pus buried in tissues, organs, or confined spaces.
  38. 64. The breast bone; the bone connecting with the clavicles and the first seven ribs.
  39. 65. Any of the conducting cells of the nervous system.
  40. 66. The inner and larger bone of the lower leg; the shin bone.
  41. 67. The operation of removing the roof of the intervertebral foramina for the relief of nerve root compression.
  42. 69. A bowel obstruction.
  43. 70. The branch of medicine which treats diseases of the genital tract in women.
  44. 72. Small hemorrhagic spot on the skin - larger than a petechia.
  45. 74. (often misspelled) - the branch of medical science dealing with the anatomy, functions and diseases of the eye.
  46. 76. The bottom or base of anything - e.g., uterus, eye.
  47. 77. A connection between two vessels.
  48. 79. Inflammation of a fascia, a band of fibrous tissue that lies deep under the skin.
  49. 80. The study of overweight, its causes, prevention, and treatment.
  50. 82. The passage of a fluid through the vessels of a specific organ.
  51. 83. Scientific study of the kidney, its anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pathophysiology.
  52. 85. Pertaining to the part of the spine connecting the head and trunk; pertaining to a constricted part of an organ.
  53. 87. Gland found at the base of the brain.
  54. 88. Pertaining to the part of the back between the thorax and the pelvis.
  55. 89. (plural petechiae) a tiny red spot on the skin, but usually used in the plural.
  56. 91. Abnormally increased curvature of the thoracic and lumbar spine.