Across
- 4. An abnormal mass of tissue that forms when cells grow and divide more than they should or do not die when they should.
- 5. The area of the brain that controls body temperature, hunger, and thirst.
- 8. A disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.
- 10. A statistic used to estimate the survival function from lifetime data.
- 12. An excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused by a weakening of the artery wall.
- 14. The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms.
Down
- 1. A type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen.
- 2. A specially trained medical doctor who diagnoses and treats conditions that affect your nervous system.
- 3. A medical imaging technique used to obtain detailed internal images of the body.
- 6. A complex brain structure embedded deep in the temporal lobe. It plays a major role in learning and memory.
- 7. A facility within a hospital where surgical operations are carried out in an aseptic environment.
- 9. A corpse that is used by medical students, physicians, and other scientists to study anatomy, identify disease sites, determine causes of death, and provide tissue to repair a defect in a living human being.
- 11. Records the electrical signals in the heart and can help diagnose heart attacks and irregular heartbeats
- 13. Member of a therapeutic drug class that reduces pain, decreases inflammation, decreases fever, and prevents blood clots.