Anatomy
Disease & illness
Pathology
Pharmacology
Med lingo
100
What is the strongest bone in the body?
Femur
100
The body can't properly regulate blood glucose because of insulin resistance.
Type 2 diabetes.
100
What is the name of a genetic disease that causes red blood cells to be rigid and crescent shaped
Sickle cell anemia.
100
What is the worlds most effective antibiotic?
Penicillin.
100
What does DOA stand for?
Dead on arrival.
200
What are the 2 bones in the lower leg?
The tibia and fibula.
200
What are the diseases that the MMR vaccine fights against?
Measles, mupes, and rubella
200
An autoimmune condition where a person's immune system attacks their small intestines when they ingest gluten.
Celiac disease.
200
What juice has been shown to reduce the risks of a uti?
Cranberry juice.
200
What does the suffix -ectomy signify?
The removal of something.
300
What gland secretes melatonin?
Peniel gland.
300
What is Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
A condition where muscle and other soft tissue calcify/ turn into bone.
300
Term for premature death of cell.
Necrosis
300
Another term for advil or motrin?
Ibuprofen
300
What does MRI stand for?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
400
How many bones are in an adult spine?
26 bones
400
Acute illness that causes swelling in blood vessels such as coronary arteries.
Kawasaki disease.
400
Cancer cell
400
What are medications such as lidocaine and benzocaine used for?
Mouth ulcers/canker sores
400
What is the medical term for fingers?
Phalanges
500
What is the name for the smallest bone in the body?
Stapes/stirrup.
500
A group of diseases that include mad cow disease.
Prion diseases
500
What is the stiffening of body cells due to loss of ATP?
Rigor mortis.
500
Lightweight alkali metal that that stabilizes mood in conditions such as bipolar disorder.
Lithium
500
If a prescription says p.o, what does it mean?
By mouth/orally.