Medical Terminology

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Across
  1. 1. poster/ior, further back in position; of or nearer the rear or hind end, especially of the body or a part of it.
  2. 3. meta/bolism, the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
  3. 4. coccyg/eal, a small triangular bone forming the lower extremity of the spinal column in humans, consisting of four ankylosed rudimentary vertebrae.
  4. 7. lymph/aden/itis, inflammation of a lymph node.
  5. 8. angi/o/plasty, surgical repair or unblocking of a blood vessel, especially a coronary artery.
Down
  1. 2. electr/o/cardi/o/gram, a record or display of a person's heartbeat.
  2. 5. cyt/o/plasm, the material or protoplasm within a living cell, excluding the nucleus.
  3. 6. onc/o/logy, the study and treatment of tumors.