Medical procedure that puts you to sleep so that you won't move during the operation or feel any pain.

Stops the blood, a small bandage of tape and gauze.

To find out how well your heart is sending blood through your body, a device that is soft, wraps around  your arm to see how fast and heavy your blood  is flowing.   

Blood taken from a person's body for testing.

The paper a hospital uses to keep track of your health.  A set of paper sheets of facts set up as a diagram, group, graph, table, picture and usually on a clipboard at the foot of the bed.

Intravenous.  System used to inject medicines and fluids in a patient's body.  

The spot in which the doctor operates.  This is usually covered by gauze afterward and itches a little as it heals.

Laboratory.  A scientific place in the hospital where they examine and report the results of your blood tests; a room or building that scientific tests are done in.

A drying agent used in ancient times when dead people were mummified.

A surgical procedure where they fix the problems that your body has.

A tool that is used for examining the inside of your ear.

The regular beating in the arteries from the pumping of the heart.

The clothing worn in the Operating Room that protects the nurses, doctors, and patients from germs.

An instrument for doctors to listen to the heart.

A device containing a small needle to inject medicine in the body.

The hotness or coldness of the body based on 98.6 degrees F as the norm.

A glass tube containing mercury measured in degrees to tell doctors how your body temperature compares to the normal 98.6 degrees.

The special picture of your insides taken while you are in the hospital.  This picture is hung on a lighted panel in the operating room so that the doctor can see it for surgery.