Across
- 3. Condition in which the blood pressure is above the normal range
- 6. Tests performed to determine the diagnosis
- 7. Medications or procedures used to control or cure a disease or injury
- 8. Prediction of the possible outcome of a disease and the potential for recovery
- 9. The study of the functions (how and why something works) of an organism
- 12. A state experienced by the body when one or more of the control systems loses the ability to maintain homeostasis
- 13. Not a precise disease but groups of related signs and symptoms
- 14. Study of the causes of diseases
- 15. The study of the form and structure of an organism, such as the names and locations of the bones, muscles, and organs
- 16. and symptoms The objective evidence (signs) observed by the health care professional and the subjective data (symptoms) reported by patients about their conditions
Down
- 1. Determines one’s inherited characteristics
- 2. Abnormal conditions created when the normal anatomy and physiology of the body are altered
- 4. As an adjective, approaching situations from a factual rather than an emotional perspective; as a noun, a statement of your job goal
- 5. The study of why diseases occur and how the body reacts to them (changes in function caused by disease)
- 6. Determination of a disease or syndrome
- 10. The skin
- 11. Behaviors that promote health and prevent disease
- 13. As an adjective, referring to something that is dependent on or takes place in a person’s mind and thus cannot be directly observed