HeathCare Careers
This healthcare professional diagnoses and treats diseases and may earn either an MD or DO degree.
What is a Physician?
This organ pumps blood throughout the human body.
What is the heart?
Patients may see this specialist for conditions involving their skin, hair, and nails.
What is a dermatologist?
This abbreviation refers to a scan that uses X-rays to create detailed cross-sectional images of the body.
What is CT?
Insulin is commonly used to manage this condition involving high blood sugar levels.
What is diabetes?
This healthcare professional specializes in the health of teeth and gums.
What is a dentist?
This is the largest organ of the human body.
What is the skin?
This specialist focuses on the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents.
What is a pediatrician?
This abbreviation refers to a test that records the electrical activity of the heart.
What is EKG/ECG?
An albuterol inhaler is commonly used to quickly relieve symptoms associated with this respiratory condition.
What is asthma?
This healthcare professional specializes in medications and helps patients use them safely and effectively.
What is a pharmacist?
These blood cells are primarily responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body.
What are red blood cells?
This specialist diagnoses and treats conditions involving the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system.
What is a neurologist?
This abbreviation indicates that a medication should be taken by mouth.
What is PO?
Chemotherapy drugs are commonly used to destroy or slow the growth of abnormal cells associated with this group of diseases.
What is cancer?
This healthcare professional examines the eyes and can prescribe glasses and contact lenses.
What is an optometrist?
This organ produces insulin, a hormone involved in regulating blood glucose levels.
What is the pancreas?
Diabetes and thyroid disorders are two conditions commonly treated by this specialist in hormones and the endocrine system.
What is an endocrinologist?
This medical abbreviation comes from the Latin bis in die and instructs a patient to take a medication twice a day.
What is BID?
Levothyroxine is commonly prescribed when the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormone.
What is hypothyroidism?
This healthcare professional specializes in evaluating and treating hearing and balance disorders.
What is an audiologist?
This type of connective tissue attaches muscles to bones.
What is the tendons?
This physician specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases that affect the kidneys, including chronic kidney disease and electrolyte imbalances.
What is a nephrologist?
This abbreviation stands for “as needed” and is often used in medication instructions.
What is PRN?
Antibiotics such as amoxicillin may be prescribed to treat this type of infection, but they do not work against viruses.
What is a bacterial infection?