Complete Clue List
Across
1. The technical term for kidney stones
9. The most important blood group system
10. Quiescent phase of a disease
12. Some people take quinine to prevent this
13. The organs that we use to obtain oxygen
14. The centre part of a living tooth
17. Chemical symbol for a metal whose hydroxide salt is used as an antacid
18. The upper chambers of the heart
21. Acid indigestion (UK abbreviation)
23. Type of valvular heart disease (abbreviation)
25. Alanine transaminase ( abbreviation)
26. Thrush (or candida) infection is caused by a type of what?
27. Seasonal affective disorder (abbreviation)
29. Abbreviation for aspartate aminotransferase
31. A thousand thousand units of a drug (abbreviation)
32. Dentistry is the study and care of what?
33. Another name for a cavity or or chamber in the body
34. The shape of the aorta
36. The Institute of Scientific Information (abbreviation)
39. If a symptom is obvious it may be described as this
40. The name of a rock band which also describes a type of sleep pattern
41. If something is behind the peritoneum it is said to be ___
Down
1. The study of nervous disorders
2. The word used to refer to the respiratory system and lungs
3. A sub-category of blood group that is particularly important for pregnant women
4. UK abbreviation for what is called a spinal tap in the US
5. Implant a donor organ into the body
6. The introduction of an antigen into the body to produce immunity
7. What is regulated by insulin?
8. If you can't swallow, your doctor may look down your oesophagus using an endo___
11. Used to measure the effectiveness of warfarin (abbreviation)
15. We do this at school to keep us fit (abbreviation)
16. Renin-angiotensin system or an oncogene (abbreviation)
19. Alkaloid obtained from rauwolfia - used to be a treatment for hypertension
20. If you have a six-pack, these muscles are well-developed!
22. What happens to us all eventually when our hearts stop beating and our brain function ceases
24. Remember ER? "An amp of epi, ___!"
28. Review of medication (abbreviation)
30. What our muscles do to warm us up when we are cold
31. If an injury isn't minor it's ___
33. Essential to supply oxygen to our bodies - without it we die!
35. This may be applied to support a broken limb while it heals
37. A word that means half
38. Next step up from a junior house officer (abbreviation)
39. 17 across is derived from bauxite, which is a type of ___