MAPS
Disorders & Diseases
Anatomy
Name the Doctor
Cardio & Neuro
100
MAPS is the abbreviation of this organization.
What is Minority Association of Pre-Medical (Pre-Health) Students?
100
This disease is inflammation of the three tissues that surround your brain and spinal cord, the meninges.
What is Meningitis?
100
What is the longest bone in the human body?
What is the femur?
100
They’re experts on the heart and blood vessels. You might see them for heart failure, a heart attack, high blood pressure, or an irregular heartbeat.
What is a Cardiologist?
100
This is the name of the purple region of the brain.:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/human-brain-regions--illustration-713784787-5973a8a8d963ac00103468ba.jpg)
What is the occipital lobe?
200
MAPS is under this national student-ran organization.
What is Student National Medical Association (SNMA)?
200
This is a condition that happens when your blood sugar (glucose) is too high. It develops when your pancreas doesn’t make enough insulin or any at all, or when your body isn’t responding to the effects of insulin properly.
What is diabetes?
200
The name of this region of your back.
What is Trapezius?
200
These doctors work with people with mental, emotional, or addictive disorders. They can prescribe medication.
What is a Psychiatrist?
200
Arrow A is pointing to this part of the heart.
What is the right atrium?
300
MAPS was founded in
A. 1997
B. 1993
C. 2002
D. 1989
What is 1989?
300
This is a sleep disorder that causes extreme daytime sleepiness and sudden “sleep attacks,” where you fall asleep without warning.
What is narcolepsy?
300
This is the largest internal organ in your body and one of the only organs that can regenerate itself.
What is your liver?
300
These are specialists in diseases of the blood, spleen, and lymph glands, like sickle cell disease, anemia, hemophilia, and leukemia.
What is a Hematologist?
300
This part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
400
Georgia is a part of MAPS region...
a. 2
b. 4
c. 5
d. 8
What is Region 4?
400
This is a serious disease of the nervous system caused by a toxin-producing bacterium. The disease causes muscle contractions, particularly of your jaw and neck muscles.
What is Tetanus?
400
This is the hollow, muscular tube that passes food and liquid from your throat to your stomach. It functions as part of your digestive system.
What is the esophagus?
400
They treat kidney diseases as well as high blood pressure and fluid and mineral imbalances linked to kidney disease.
What is a Nephrologist?
400
This is a quick test to see how the heart is beating. It checks the electrical signals in the heart. Test results can help find heart attacks and irregular heartbeats, called arrhythmias.
What is an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)?
500
This is the name of Georgia State University's current MAPS President.
Who is Alexandra Coronado-Luna?
500
This is a condition in which the body's immune system attacks its own tissues and organs. It can cause swelling and irritation, called inflammation, that may affect joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart and lungs. A common sign is a facial rash that looks like butterfly wings across both cheeks.
What is Lupus?
500
The name of this region of your body.
What is the Achilles tendon?
500
They specialize in arthritis and other diseases in your joints, muscles, bones, and tendons. You might see them for your osteoporosis (weak bones), back pain, gout, tendinitis from sports or repetitive injuries, and fibromyalgia.
What is a Rheumatologists?
500
This specific region in the left frontal lobe results in expressive aphasia, where speech production is impaired but comprehension remains intact.
What is Broca's area?