Fun Medical Facts & Vitamins/Supplements
Respiratory & Associated Illnesses
Genetics & Sleep
Hygiene
Winter Safety
100
25,000 quarts of what is produced by a human in a lifetime?
Saliva
100
Another name for nose hairs
Cilia
100
What is the dominant eye color?
Brown
100
Main reason to wash hands
Significantly reduces the rate of spreading infection
100
The middle layer of warm clothing worn during the winter is suggested to be
Insulated
200
True or False: you should rinse the toothpaste from your mouth after brushing your teeth?
False
200
What is an infection caused by either a virus or bacteria that inflames the alveoli in one or both lungs?
Pneumonia
200
Brief moments where your brain falls asleep only to snap back awake again
Microsleeps
200
Brush your teeth at this angle
45 degrees
200
Waddle like a what to prevent falling in the winter?
A penguin
300
Top benefit of Vitamin K
Blood Clotting
300
Low-pitched snoring lung sounds
Rhonchi
300
DNA is in the shape of a
Helix
300
Showering improves this
Circulation
300
Why is it important to protect your fingers and toes in the winter?
They are the furthest away from the center of the body
400
Name one food rich in magnesium
Roasted pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, dry-roasted almonds, boiled spinach, dry-roasted cashews
400
Piece of medical equipment that forces deep breathing
Incentive Spirometer
400
A person that receives a healthy and mutated gene for Cystic Fibrosis is a _____
Carrier
400
The frequency in which you should sanitize heavy traffic areas
Daily
400
Type of depression that is related to changes in the seasons
Seasonal Affect Disorder (SAD)
500
What two things are thought to be linked to contagious yawns?
Empathy & social bonding
500
Vaccines help your body do what?
learn how to defend itself from disease
500
While you sleep, your brain reorganizes and catalogs memories and learned information much like a ______
Librarian
500
Fungal infections thrive in what kind of environments?
Damp and dark
500
What is necrosis?
Permanent, irreversible tissue damage