Diseases
This mosquito-borne disease can cause severe fever and is often treated surgically to remove infected tissue.
What is Malaria
This tool is used to cut through skin and tissue during surgery.
What is a scalpel?
The planet nearest to the Sun
Mercury
In what mountain range is Mount Everest located?
Himalayas
What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
Your left hand
This bacterial infection, often treated with antibiotics, can lead to limb amputations if untreated.
What is gangrene?
This device helps stop bleeding by clamping blood vessels.
What is a hemostat
This color starts first in Chess
White
What is the world's smallest country?
Vatican City.
What mammal can truly fly?
Bats
This condition, caused by a lack of vitamin C, was historically treated by sailors with citrus fruits but can still require surgery today.
What is scurvy
This tool is used to hold tissues apart during surgery, giving the surgeon a clear view.
What is a retractor?
The year Facebook was invented
2004
With over 35 million residents, what is the most populous city in the world?
Tokyo
What human organ has 4 chambers?
heart
This viral disease, eradicated through vaccination, once caused severe deformities and required reconstructive surgery.
What is smallpox
This device is used to monitor a patient’s heart rate and oxygen levels during surgery.
What is a pulse oximeter?
This country produces the most coffee in the world
Brazil
Which US state has the largest coastline?
Alaska
What is the most popular ice cream flavor in the US?
Vanilla
This disease, caused by parasites, can cause swelling in limbs and requires surgical intervention in severe cases.
What is lymphatic filariasis(elephantiasis)
This tool is used to stitch up wounds and is often threaded with surgical thread.
What is a surgical suture?
This is the rarest M&M color
brown
The Dingo is a free-range dog found mainly in what country?
Australia.
"Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong", describes which epigram (law)?
Murphy's Law