Crossword Puzzle
MEDICAL VOCABULARY AUDIO MIDTERM ALTERNATIVE
Across
- a surgical procedure that uses ultrasound to shatter and break up a cataract that can then be removed by aspiration (phacoemulsification)
- grating sound produced by broken bones rubbing together (crepitus)
- a partial paralysis of the left or right side of the body (hemiparesis)
- more complete paralysis on either side of the body (hemiplegia)
- antidiuretic hormone that influences the absorption of water by kidney tubule (adh)
Down
- an oily substance, located in a skin layer (sebum)
- a skin layer (dermis)
- glands that produce sebum (sebaceous)
- bleeding (hemorrhage)
- a lesion in the skin caused by hemorrhage (purpuric)
- a mole with precancerous changes (dysplasticnevus)
- a mialignant smooth muscle tumor (leiomyosarcoma)
- forward slipping of the lumbar vertebra (spondylolisthesis)
- the medical term for fainting (syncope)
- oil glands located along the rim of the eyelids (meibomian)
- an involuntary contraction of the muscles around the eye (blepharospasm)
["endarterectomy", "arteriosclerosis", "ceruminosis", "labyrinthitis", "myringotomy", "hyperkalemic", "exophthalmos"]