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Across
  1. 7. Indicates connective tissue that binds muscles to the skin, crucial for structural integrity and movement.
  2. 9. Refers to rupture, often used in medical contexts to describe the rupture of organs or tissues.
  3. 10. Signifies pain, used in terms like arthralgia (joint pain) and myalgia (muscle pain).
  4. 11. Denotes smooth muscle, often found in the walls of hollow organs such as the intestines and blood vessels.
  5. 16. Relates to movement, often used in terms like kinesiology, the study of body movement.
  6. 20. Prefixes
  7. 21. Indicates paralysis, used in terms like quadriplegia, which refers to paralysis of all four limbs.
  8. 24. Refers to a channel or tube in the body, often associated with the transport of fluids or secretions.
  9. 27. and semi-: Both mean half, used in terms like hemisphere (half of a sphere) and semipermeable (allowing certain substances to pass through).
  10. 28. Suffixes
Down
  1. 1. Pertains to x-rays, commonly used in radiology to diagnose and treat conditions.
  2. 2. in Medical Terminology
  3. 3. Indicates loosening or destruction, often used in terms like hemolysis, the breakdown of blood cells.
  4. 4. Specifically refers to the sole of the foot, important in podiatry and biomechanics.
  5. 5. Indicates difficulty or abnormality, used in terms like dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) and dyslexia (difficulty reading).
  6. 6. Signifies growth or development, commonly used in terms like hypertrophy, which refers to the increase in the size of an organ or tissue.
  7. 8. Refers to a protrusion or hernia, commonly seen in terms like meningocele, where the meninges protrude through a defect in the spine.
  8. 12. Indicates weakness, often used in medical diagnoses to describe conditions like myasthenia gravis.
  9. 13. Forms in Medical Terminology
  10. 14. Medical Terms and Their Context
  11. 15. Means away, often used in anatomical terms to describe movements or positions away from the midline of the body.
  12. 17. Prefixes and Their Meanings
  13. 18. Refers to weakness, often used in neurological contexts to describe partial paralysis.
  14. 19. Relates to sensation, important in neurology to describe sensory functions.
  15. 22. Understanding of Terms
  16. 23. Refers to the root, often used in terms related to nerve roots or root causes of diseases.
  17. 25. Suffixes and Their Meanings
  18. 26. Combining Forms