Easy Medical
The medical term is “piloerection” or “horripilation,” but what’s the common name for the little lumps that rise up on your skin when you’re cold (or spooked) that, in fact, activate stem cells and trigger hair growth?
Goosebumps
Which medical term from the Latin terms for “blood” and “break forth” refers to a lot of bleeding, which can be life-threatening?
Hemorrhage
What is defined as the medical specialty looking at anatomy, physiology, pathology, symptomatology, and therapeutics related to the blood and blood-forming tissues?
Hematology
What state has the best health care rating?
Hawaii
Name all 5 senses
touch, taste, smell, feel, hear
Blood levels of A1C, or hemoglobin chemically linked to a sugar, are commonly used to determine whether an individual has what medical condition?
Diabetes
What is the standard medical word to describe an intense and occasionally disabling fear or reaction to a specific object or situation that often poses little actual danger?
Phobia
What medical device includes the Latin word for “cloud” and has the ability to evaporate liquid medication into mist to enable users to inhale it into their lungs?
Nebulizer
Just like finger prints, what other body part has a unique print?
tongue
What's the longest bone in the body?
femur
Which medical term comes from the Greek word for “without breathing” and is included in the name of a condition where a person experiences brief pauses in breathing while they’re asleep?
Apnea
Which word in medical terminology describes cancer that has spread from where it started to other areas of the body?
Metastatic
EKG is shorthand for what 17-letter medical device that records the electrical signals that occur in the heart?
Electrocardiogram
When are you slightly taller? Morning or Night?
Morning
What's the largest organ in the human body?
skin
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
Veisalgia is the medical term for which condition?
Hangover
Which class of medication that includes Xanax and Ativan can be prescribed for anxiety, seizures, or to help a patient relax before a medical or dental procedure?
Benzodiazepines
What is the leading cause of death worldwide?
Cardiovascular disease
The human brain is divided into three main parts: the cerebellum, the brainstem, and this largest part.
cerebrum
A way of targeting cancer cells is isolating what element within them that has the chemical symbol Fe?
Iron
The flu shot is recommended by the WHO and CDC for yearly vaccination for nearly all people over the age of six months. What animal's eggs are often used to produce this vaccine each year?
Chicken
What is the medical term for a condition in which a person’s eyelashes are growing in the wrong direction (in rather than out), often causing discomfort and even damage to the eye?
Trichiasis
Owning what animal could reduce your risk for heart disease?
dog
This state of internal biological balance is maintained by systems like the endocrine and nervous systems.
homeostasis