ORGAN TRAIL
DISEASES
HOW THINGS WORK
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
RANDOM STUFF
100
70% of this type of organ is made of apatite, a calcium-containing mineral.
What are bones?
100
The March of Dimes, founded by Franklin D. Roosevelt, was originally formed to combat this infections disease.
What is polio?
100
This dome-shaped structure made of muscle and fibrous tissue allows humans to breathe?
What is the diaphragm?
100
The common name for dried nasal mucus.
What are boogers?
100
An analgesic is a drug that gives relief from this.
What is pain?
200
Dietary macromolecules (such as fats, proteins, and sugars) are principally absorbed in this organ.
What is small intestine?
200
This is the idea that those who are unvaccinated can be protected if a large number of the population is vaccinated.
What is heard immunity?
200
Retinol, an important precursor to molecules used in vision, is a form of this vitamin.
What is vitamin A
200
The prefix "hepat" in hepatitis, refers to this organ which is affected.
What is the liver?
200
This is the longest bone the in the human body.
What is the femur?
300
This internal organ has a mass, on average, of 3.5 pounds.
What is the liver?
300
In epidemiology, it is the organism that transmits a pathogen to the host.
What is a vector?
300
Prolactin is a hormone that signals the production of this.
What is the synthesis of milk?
300
In anatomical terminology, the root word "tension", refers to this.
What is pressure?
300
The medical term for this sense is called olfaction.
What is smell?
400
The appendix is a part of this organ.
What is the large intestine?
400
The time period between when a patient is infected with a pathogens and when they show symptoms.
What is incubation period?
400
The vestibular system allows most mammals the ability to do this.
What is breathe?
400
The common term for the tympanic membrane.
What is the ear drum?
400
The smallest bone in the body, the stapes, is located in this part of the body.
What is head (or ear).
500
This organ regulates, among other functions, electrolyte concentrations and blood pressure.
What are the kidneys?
500
In 1896, the first vaccine was developed to fight this infectious disease.
What is smallpox?
500
Glucagon is a hormone that releases this into the blood stream.
What is glucose?
500
The prefix "epi", as in the word epidermis means this.
What is "over" or "upon."
500
The intercostal muscles are located between these bones.
What are the ribs?
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