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What is the most common medical career?
Registered Nurses (RNs)
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Which disease is caused by lack of vitamin c and a common disease among pirates?
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Scurvy
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How many bones does a newborn baby have?
275 - 300 bones
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What does CPR stand for?
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Cardio: heart
Pulmonary: lungs
100
What blood type is known as the “universal recipient”?
AB+
200
What is the medical profession that specializes in drawing blood from patients?
Phlebotomist
200
Which zoonotic disease is almost 100% fatal once symptoms appear?
Rabies
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What is the largest muscle in the body?
Gluteus Maximus
200
what does HeLa stand for?
Henrietta Lacks
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René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec came up with the idea for what medical listening device because he was uncomfortable putting his head on a lady’s chest to auscultate her heart and lungs?
Stethoscope
300
How long does it take to become a cardiothoracic surgeon?
15 to 19 years
4 years undergrad, 4 years med school, 5-6 years residency, 2-3 years fellowship
300
What animal's eggs are often used to produce the flu vaccine?
Chicken eggs
300
How long is the small intestine in an adult?
6 to 7 meters or about 22 feet
300
What is a pregnancy that occurs anywhere in the body other than the uterus called (usually in the fallopian tube)?
An ectopic pregnancy
300
What disease can you get from sitting on the toilet for too long?
hemorrhoids
400
What is a nocturnist?
A nocturnist is a hospitalist who only works overnight
400
What does Tdap (vaccine) stand for? What age do you usually get it at?
tetanus (lockjaw), diphtheria, and pertussis (whooping cough)
11-12 years old
400
What is the largest artery in the body?
Aorta
400
What does IV stand for, and what does it mean?
IV - Intravenous, delivered directly into a vein.
400
What does HIPAA stand for?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
500
What kind of doctor is this?
This is an oncologist, they diagnose and treat cancer.
500
What is the exact cause of alzheimer's?
Not known
500
How many hair follicles does the average human have?
5 million
500
Which word in medical terminology describes cancer that has spread from where it started to other areas of the body?
Metastatic
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Name the 4 topics we learned last semester.
Vitals, ethics in medicine (HIPPA), phlebotomy, and epipens.