Across
- 2. inactivation: The phenomenon in a female by which one X chromosome (either the maternally or paternally derived X) is randomly (by chance) inactivated in an early embryonic cell, with fixed inactivation of that same X in all cells descended from that cell. The change that occurs with X inactivation is epigenetic: it is a heritable change in gene function without a change in the sequence of the DNA.
- 3. continuous passive motion machine: A machine used to help rehabilitate a limb (an arm or leg).
- 4. An intestinal infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
- 7. variation: Failure by the observer in a study or test to measure accurately, resulting in error. Inter-observer variation is the amount of variation between the results obtained by two or more observers examining the same material. Intra-observer variation is the amount of variation one observer experiences when observing the same material more than once.
- 8. Intravenous- An injection made directly into a vein.
- 10. The synthetic equivalent of corticosteroids produced by the body that is administered to suppress inflammation and as an immunosuppressant to prevent organ rejection by the body.
- 12. Inflammation of the ileum.
- 13. palsy- Paralysis of the facial nerve (seventh cranial) that causes drooping only on the affected side of the face.
Down
- 1. To soften tissues after death by soaking and by enzymatic digestion, as occurs with a stillborn.
- 2. factor: A coagulation factor, a substance in blood essential to the normal clotting process. Production of factor X takes place in the liver and requires vitamin K. The gene for factor X is located on chromosome 13 and is in band 13q34.
- 5. Abbreviation for obstetrician or for obstetrics, the art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and the puerperium, the time immediately after delivery.
- 6. The interruption or termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable.
- 9. Involuntary,constant,rhythmic movement of the eyeball.
- 10. Inflammation of the heart.
- 11. A localized collection of purulent exudate (pus) within a circumscribed area.