Medical Transcription Week

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts (8)
  2. 3. Pain in a muscle or group of muscles (7)
  3. 5. A chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (7)
  4. 7. A mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation (5)
  5. 8. A localized swelling filled with blood (8)
  6. 10. An underactive thyroid gland (14)
  7. 14. A tooth for cutting or gnawing (7)
  8. 15. A transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of (11)
  9. 16. Eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability (6)

Down

  1. 2. A swelling on the epididymis or the testis (12)
  2. 4. The number of the pregnancy that a woman is in (7)
  3. 6. Abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet (12)
  4. 9. A closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure (4)
  5. 11. An encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons (8)
  6. 12. The end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes (6)
  7. 13. The part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum (8)