Medical Terminology
What is a relapse?
return of a disease or symptoms after a patient has recovered
What mosquito-borne, parasitic disease causes red blood cells to explode after they've served as a mating ground?
Malaria
What is the shape of DNA?
Double helix (x-shape)
Anesthesiologist are...
Doctors that put you under anesthesia before big surgical procedures
True or False: Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States
True
What is a transplant?
removal of an organ or tissue that is implanted into someone else in need of it
Alzheimer's disease is the most common diagnosis of what broad category of brain diseases that cause a long-term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remember?
Dementia
True or False: DNA is positively charged
False! The phosphates on the backbone account for the negative charge.
Neurologists specialize in these two parts of the body...
Brain and spine (nervous system)
In humans, what is an internal organ capable of regenerating lost tissue?
Liver
What does malignant mean?
indicates that there are cancerous cells present
An inflammation of the lining of the abdominal cavity (i.e. peritonitis) is a possible complication following the bursting of what organ?
The appendix
What are the 4 nitrogenous bases in DNA? (You can just list the letters if you can't get the names)
Adenine, Thiamine, Guanine, Cytosine
Oncologists are...
cancer specialists
People with diabetes are unable to produce...
insulin
What are sutures?
stitches which are used to join tissues together as they heal
What condition is typically diagnosed with the Ishihara test, which shows numbers within fields of dots?
Colorblindness
What do restriction enzymes do to a person's DNA?
They isolate specific genes being tested
Pulmonologists treat...
lung cancer, pneumonia, asthma, etc...
______ is a rare disorder in which blood does not clot properly
a) Sickle-cell anemia
b) Hemophilia
c) Cystic fibrosis
d) Heterochromia
b) Hemophilia
What is a zoonotic disease?
Disease that is transmissible from animal to human
What's the ten-letter "G" word that is considered the branch of medicine dealing with diseased for the aged and aging populations?
Geriatrics
What does PCR stand for?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rheumatologists specialize in...
arthritis and other joint, bone, muscle, and tendon diseases
Encephalitis refers to inflammation of which organ in the body?
The brain