ICE Crossword: August 2023

Across

1 Vital step for new employees

6 Top grades

9 Type of medicine that is a specialized area of radiology

10 Images providing diagnostic results

11 Key area of the brain

13 Sharp part of a blade

15 Part of the breathing cycle

17 ____ mater (outermost layer of three meninges)

20 Diagnostic test usually performed in the lumbar spine

21 Noninvasive med. procedure, abbr.

23 Capture

24 Types of billing banned by the Consolidated Appropriations Act

29 Liver secretion

30 Stomach area

31 Imaging tool that looks at moving bodily structures

Down

1 Have title to

2 Troubles often caused by spinal problems

3 Venue

4 Board member, abbr.

5 It receives mucus from the sinuses

7 Software’s operation

8 The gold standard for assessing the structure and function of the heart, 2 words

11 Direction of a market

12 Raise

14 Pacific territory of the United States

16 Zodiac sign

18 Emergency situation

19 Cleaning cloth

22 Lung rattle

23 Dosage amount, abbr.

25 Website symbol

26 Expert

27 Company going public

28 And so forth