Nervous System
The two divisions of the nervous system.
What are the central and peripheral nervous systems?
The surgical specialty evaluating the nervous system.
What is nerosurgery?
A cut or scrap that is not typically serious.
What is an abrasion?
Mental disorder resulting in persistently depressed moods or loss of interest in activities.
What is depression?
The names of your club leaders and your club advisor.
Who are Layla, Aleina, and Mrs. Bingle?
The "little brain" enabling non-verbal learning skills and memory.
What is the cerebellum?
The surgical removal of damaged, infected tissue, healing the remaining, healthy tissue.
What is debridement?
ex) cyanosis
What is blue?
ex) blue discoloration in the skin
The first stage after fertilization (what is a fertilized egg called?).
What is a zygote?
Surgical specialty that treats traumatic injuries, typically in an acute setting.
What is trauma surgery?
What is the occipital lobe?
Example surgeries: angioplasty and stent placement. Name the surgical field.
What is cardiothoracic surgery?
A tender, fluid-filled pocket that forms in tissue, usually due to an infection.
What is an abscess?
Human haploid cells only have _____ chromosomes.
What is 23.
This types of twins are created by the fertilization of two separate eggs by two separate sperm.
What are fraternal twins?
Area of the autonomic nervous system responsible for "fight or flight" response.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
Another name for knee arthroplasty surgery.
What is knee replacement surgery?
Suffix: -ectomy
ex) appendectomy
What is the removal of?
ex) removal of the appendix
Body system that transports nutrients, gas, waste, and hormones throughout the body. Also controls thermoregulation.
What is the cardiovascular system?
A mental disorder where a person has two or more distinct personalities (bonus if you can name the acronym and what it stands for).
What is DID (dissociative identity disorder).
The four lobes of the cerebral cortex.
Frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal.
Focuses on abdominal contents.
What is general surgery?
Suffix: -itis
ex) bronchitis
What is inflammation?
ex) inflammation of the bronchial tubes
The field of medicine the focuses on determining the root cause of a conditon. The main objective is to treat the whole system, not just the symptoms.
What is functional medicine?
The measurment of blood pressue (describe how bp is labeled/read).
What is BP= systolic pressure/diastolic pressure?