MEDICAL TERMS FOR FUN!

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Across
  1. 3. A chronic, long-term condition existing simultaneously with and usually independently of another medical condition
  2. 7. Another term for shortness of breath
  3. 9. Heartbeat listened to with the bell or diaphragm of a stethoscope placed on the apex of the heart
  4. 10. Without fever
  5. 11. Absence of germs or microorganisms
  6. 13. Listening for sounds within the body to evaluate the condition of the heart, lungs, vessels and intestines
  7. 15. Volume of blood in the ventricles at the end of diastole before the next contraction
  8. 18. Common arterial disorder characterized by yellowish plaques of cholesterol, lipids, and cellular debris in the inner layers of the walls of the large- and medium-size arteries
  9. 19. Collection of air or gas in the pleural space causing the lungs to collapse
  10. 20. Greater than normal amounts of carbon dioxide in the blood
  11. 22. First step of the nursing process
  12. 23. Bulging of the tissues at the nail base caused by insufficient oxygenation at the periphery, resulting from conditions such as chronic emphysema and congenital heart disease
Down
  1. 1. Multisystem disease related to abnormal insulin production, impaired insulin utilization, or both
  2. 2. Abnormal lung sounds heard with auscultation
  3. 4. Slower-than-normal heart rate; heart contracts fewer than 60 beats a minute
  4. 5. Involves inspiration and expiration
  5. 6. Presence of bacteria in the urine
  6. 8. Systemic inflammatory response to infection
  7. 12. Abnormal sound or murmur heard while auscultating an organ, gland, or artery
  8. 14. Bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by an excess of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood or a structural defect in the hemoglobin molecule
  9. 16. Inflammation of the lower respiratory tract that is usually due to infection
  10. 17. Collapse of alveoli preventing the respiratory exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen in a part of the lungs
  11. 21. Amount of blood pumped by each ventricle in 1 minute (not spelled out)
  12. 23. Fine bubbling sounds heard on auscultation of the lung; produced by air entering distal airways and alveoli, which contain serous secretions