Mystery Diseases
Someone has increased thirst, feeling cold, and gets foot pain. After checking the blood glucose, they noticed it was low. What disease do they have?
What is Diabetes?
This healthcare professional provides direct patient care, monitors patients, and administers medications.
What is a nurse?
The largest organ of the body
What is the skin?
What does the “osteo-” mean?
What is bone?
What is the strongest muscle in the body?
A patient develops chest tightness and difficulty breathing after being exposed to a trigger such as pollen or exercise. What condition is most likely occurring?
What is asthma?
This professional specializes in diagnosing and treating conditions affecting the feet and ankles.
What is a podiatrist?
This structure prevents food from entering the trachea when a person swallows.
What is the epiglottis?
What does the prefix “thoraco-” mean?
What is chest?
What parts of the body continues to grow throughout a person's life?
What are the ears and nose?
A patient suddenly experiences crushing pain in the chest that may radiate to the left arm or jaw, along with sweating and shortness of breath. What should you suspect?
What is a heart attack?
This physician specializes in diagnosing and treating mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders and can prescribe medications.
What is a psychiatrist?
This structure carries messages between the brain and the rest of the body. (hint: not nerves)
What is the spinal cord?
What does hypothermia mean?
What is an abnormally low body temp?
Which part of the human body contains the most bones?
What is the hand?
(with 27 bones each)
A patient experiences episodes of severe headache accompanied by nausea and sensitivity to light and sound. The symptoms can last for several hours. What condition is most likely?
What is a migraine?
This professional helps patients improve their ability to perform activities of daily living, such as dressing, bathing, and eating.
What is a Occupational Therapist?
This muscle separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity and plays an important role in breathing.
What is the the diaphragm?
A patient is experiencing dyspnea. What does this medical term mean?
What is difficulty or labored breathing / shortness of breath?
What is the percentage of DNA that we share with bananas? (meaning we have similar genes).
60%
A patient has sudden facial drooping, weakness on one side of the body, and difficulty speaking. What should you suspect?
What is a stroke?
This physician specializes in administering medications before and during surgery, monitoring a patient's vital signs during surgery, and managing pain before, during, and after procedures.
What is an anesthesiologist?
This is the body's largest artery and carries oxygen-rich blood from the left ventricle of the heart to the rest of the body.
What is the the aorta?
A healthcare provider documents that a patient has hematuria. Using medical terminology, what does this mean?
What is blood in the urine?
Other than the skin, what is the only organ in the human body capable of regeneration after significant portions are removed?
What is the liver?