Across
- 3. system that regulates all biological processes in the body from conception through adulthood and into old age
- 5. rigidity of a body after death
- 6. inflammation of the heart
- 9. The spread from one part of the body to another.
- 10. A virus that is a leading cause of severe diarrhea and dehydration in young children.
- 12. A group of single-celled fungi that reproduce by budding.
- 13. a growth hormone that is produced by the anterior pituitary
- 15. a patient who receives medical treatment without being admitted to a hospital
- 17. sometimes referred to as the “love hormone,”
- 18. parasitic worms that feed on a living host to gain nourishment and protection
Down
- 1. first cranial nerve
- 2. causative agent of bubonic plague
- 3. a diagnostic test which uses ultrasound waves to make images of the heart chambers
- 4. suffix relating to urine
- 7. medical term for fast heart rate
- 8. The protein from which fibrin is formed in normal blood clotting.
- 11. nucleotide base of adenine in RNA
- 14. the oxygen-loaded form of hemoglobin
- 16. the outside layer of cells that covers all the free, open surfaces of the body