Famous Women in Medicine 👩⚕️✨
Anatomy Under Pressure 🧠
Clinical Chaos 🩺
Women's Health
Fact or Fiction? 🧢
100
This woman became the first female physician in the U.S.
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
100
This chamber of the heart pumps blood to the lungs.
What is the right ventricle?
100
This vital sign measures how fast you breathe.
What is respiratory rate?
100
This Supreme Court case expanded access to abortion rights in 1973.
What is Roe v. Wade?
100
Cracking your knuckles causes arthritis.
Fiction. It’s gas bubbles popping in the joint. No strong link to arthritis.
200
This scientist helped discover the structure of DNA, though she was not fully credited at first.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
200
This vessel carries oxygenated blood away from the heart.
What is the aorta?
200
This condition refers to high blood pressure.
What is hypertension?
200
This hormone regulates the menstrual cycle and helps maintain pregnancy.
What is progesterone?
200
You can still get sunburned on a cloudy day.
Fact. UV rays pass through clouds. Up to ~80% can still reach your skin.
300
She is known for founding the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
300
This part of the small intestine is the first section after the stomach.
What is the duodenum?
300
This condition occurs when blood sugar is too low.
What is hypoglycemia?
300
This screening test detects cervical cancer early.
What is a Pap smear?
300
You should stop antibiotics once you feel better.
Fiction. Stopping early can leave resistant bacteria behind. Finish the prescribed course.
400
This physician created the APGAR score used on newborns.
Who is Virginia Apgar?
400
This nerve controls most facial expressions.
What is the facial nerve (CN VII)?
400
A patient’s oxygen saturation is dangerously low. This condition is called:
What is hypoxia?
400
This condition involves uterine-like tissue growing outside the uterus.
What is endometriosis?
400
Pain levels are the same across all patients.
Fiction. Pain perception varies widely and is often underestimated in women.
500
This physician discovered a treatment for leprosy using chaulmoogra oil.
Who is Alice Ball?
500
This cranial nerve controls tongue movement.
What is the hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)?
500
This scale is used to assess a patient’s level of consciousness after brain injury.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale?
500
This pregnancy complication is marked by high blood pressure and protein in urine.
What is preeclampsia?
500
If someone is breathing fast, they are getting more oxygen.
Fiction. Rapid breathing can be inefficient and actually reduce effective oxygen exchange.