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- 2. Snail-shaped structure in the inner ear that contains the organ of hearing.
- 5. System Group of organs responsible for carrying oxygen from the air to the bloodstream and for expelling the waste product carbon dioxide.
- 10. Digital version of a paper chart that contains all of a patient's medical history from one practice.
- 13. The study of hearing and hearing disorders.
- 14. Chronic inflammatory lung disease characterized by recurrent breathing problems.
- 15. tube A canal that links the middle ear with the throat area.
- 18. Medical instrument for listening to the action of someone's heart or breathing
- 20. A facility providing medical care on an outpatient basis.
- 21. Inflammation of the mucous membrane that lines the nose.
- 23. Substance that can trigger an immune response.
- 24. is a long muscle in the side of the neck that extends up from the thorax to the base of the skull behind the ear.
- 25. In medicine, lasting a long time.
- 26. Air cavities within the facial bones.
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- 1. A sample of tissue is removed and examined under a microscope.
- 3. drugs Drugs that reduce the symptoms and signs of inflammation.
- 4. Designed to contain and share information from all providers involved in a patient's care.
- 6. A decision by your health insurer or plan that a health care service, treatment plan, is medically necessary.
- 7. A substance that causes lack of feeling or awareness, dulling pain to permit surgery and other painful procedures.
- 8. Able to walk about, not bedridden or immobile.
- 9. A person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment.
- 11. Wax The protective yellow waxy substance secreted in the passage of the outer ear.
- 12. Nerve The Tenth Cranial Nerve which innervates the larynx and stomach secretions.
- 16. Thyroid Any dysfunction of the butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck.
- 17. Necessary to maintain life.
- 19. A person actively engaged in an art, discipline, or profession, especially medicine.
- 22. A specified amount of money that the insured must pay before an insurance company will pay a claim.