Across
- 2. a specialty concerned with the study and treatment of disorders of the nervous system
- 4. referring to medical care which does not provide a cure for a disease, but reduces its severity or slows its progress
- 5. to use something
- 7. a device to correct abnormal heart rate by means of electric shocks
- 8. a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- 11. the process of generating a two-dimensional image of a section of a three-dimensional object
- 12. a blood vessel that carries depleted blood back to the heart
Down
- 1. the past and present of a patient, which may contain important information on their health
- 3. an X-ray of the breast taken in order to help a professional decide whether a lump in the breast is a gland, a cyst or a tumor
- 6. a thin tube inserted into a patient’s body in order to remove a liquid, e.g. urine
- 9. a test performed to detect if microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi are present in the circulatory system
- 10. an instrument with two long narrow parts for holding things during medical operations