Medical
Which medical term that comes from the Ancient Greek for “deep sleep” refers to a prolonged state of being unconscious and unresponsive?
Just like humans, animals are susceptible to what common disease causing inflammation or degradation of the joints?
What is Arthritis?
How many permanent teeth do adults have?
What is 32?
What famous antibiotic was discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928 after mold grew on an open petri dish?
What is Penicillin?
How many bones are in an adult human body?
What is 206?
A glucometer can be used by people with diabetes to check their blood sugar levels. What’s the medical term for blood sugar?
What is Glucose?
At around 12 to 16 weeks of age, a puppy can start preventive care against what condition in which parasites lodge in the right side of an important circulatory organ?
What is Heartworm?
Which teeth are the largest?
What are Molars?
Medicines that block an enzyme's actions are called inhibitors. What are medicines called that block receptors?
What are Antagonists?
What group responsible for global medical well-being was formed by the United Nations after World War II, combining the efforts of groups like the International Sanitary Conferences?
What is the World Health Organization?
EKG is shorthand for what 17-letter medical device that records the electrical signals that occur in the heart?
What is an Electrocardiogram?
Known in French as “la rage”, what is the name of the viral disease that is derived from the Latin for “madness”?
What is the hardest substance in the human body?
What is Tooth Enamel?
How many years minimum of post-secondary education does a pharmacist have?
What is 5 Years?
What is the life span of a human red blood cell?
What is 120 Days?
His name lives on in the form of an oath of ethics taken by medical practitioners. Which ancient Greek physician is known as the "Father of Medicine"?
What is Hippocrates?
Feline cystitis is a condition in cats characterized by inflammation in which urinary tract organ?
What is the Bladder?
Halitosis is the medical term for what condition?
What is Bad Breath?
Where does Aspirin come from?
What is Willow Bark?
Where are the three smallest bones in the human body?
What is the Middle Ear?
In the medical field, what is the name for a tube typically made of plastic or metal that is inserted into the lumen of a vessel or duct with the goal of keeping a passageway open?
Acromegaly, a hormone disorder that causes an excess of bone growth in an animal’s legs, is caused by excess of hormones from what “P” gland at the base of the brain?
What is the Pituitary Gland?
What is the clinical term for the grinding of teeth and jaw clenching, usually done during sleep?
What is Bruxism?
For a medicine to be effective, it must get into your body (absorption), get to the active site (distribution), and eventually leave your body (excretion). These are three of the four main pharmacokinetic properties described in the term ADME. What's the fourth?
What is Metabolism?
The flu shot is recommended by the WHO and CDC for yearly vaccination for nearly all people over the age of six months. What animal's eggs are often used to produce this vaccine each year?
What is a Chicken?