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100
BMI, a calculation that estimates how much body fat a person has based on their weight and height. What is the acronym?
What is Body Mass Index?
100
Uses ultrasound machines, magnetic resonance imagers, and other high-tech equipment to help diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries.
What is a Radiologist?
100
The period when you change from childhood to adulthood.
What is adolescence?
100
This Vitamin is best known for its role in the immune system, but is also important in tissue repair, enzymes, and more.
What is Vitamin C (L-ascorbic Acid)?
100
What is the drug in cigarettes called?
What is Nicotine
200
According to most medical journals, teens need how many hours of sleep each night? (Give a range)
What is 8 1/2 to 9?
200
Focuses on restoring body movement. Cares for patients with chronic pain, with work- or sports-related injuries, with arthritis, or who are recovering from stroke.
What is a Physical Therapist?
200
_________ are abnormal immune system reactions to things that are typically harmless to most people. When children or adults experience this, their immune system mistakenly believes that this substance is harmful to their body.
What are allergies?
200
This vitamin is important in helping your body absorb calcium. Sunlight triggers production in our body.
What is Vitamin D? (calciferol)
200
This is a medical condition has two types and is characterized by impaired blood glucose control. (+what's the difference)
What is Diabetes Mellitus?
300
The following are the most common _________:
-anorexia nervosa
-bulimia nervosa (usually called simply "anorexia" and "bulimia")
What are eating disorders?
300
A neurosurgeon operates on the brain and the spine, handles cases of brain abnormalities, management of pain and movement disorders, and much more. How many years of schooling does it take to do this?
What is four years of medical school after college, plus seven years of additional training? Total: 15 years
300
If a pore gets clogged up and closes but bulges out from the skin, you're left with a whitehead. If a pore gets clogged up but stays open, the top surface can darken and you're left with a blackhead. Sometimes the wall of the pore opens, allowing sebum, bacteria, and dead skin cells to make their way under the skin — and you're left with a small, red bump called a pimple.
What is Acne?
300
This Vitamin is necessary for blood clotting and healthy bones.
What is Vitamin K?
300
A 15 year old girl is playing soccer when she is unexpectedly hit in the head with the ball. She is unsure whether or not she lost consciousness. She has to come out of the game because she is confused and unsteady. Shortly after, she has a headache and vomits. She is brought to the Emergency Department and imaging reveals she does not have bleeding within her brain. (most likely diagnosis)
What is a concussion?
400
When bacteria or viruses get into a person's digestive system, the body reacts by trying to rid itself of the infection usually through these two methods:
What is vomiting or diarrhea?
400
Surgeons who specialize in the musculoskeletal system.
What is an Orthopedic Surgeon?
400
A lung condition that causes difficulty breathing. It's a common condition. Lots of people have this, from young kids to the elderly.
What is asthma?
400
This is an essential part of building red blood cells, specifically hemoglobin, a protein that bonds with oxygen to oxygen through the blood from the lungs to the cells throughout your body.
What is Iron?
400
A 65 year old man is talking to his wife when suddenly his speech becomes slurred, the right side of his mouth becomes droopy, and his right arm and leg are weak. (Most likely diagnosis)
What is a stroke?
500
True or False & Explain Why?
Playing sorts Pablo began to experience the following symptoms:-chest pain - trouble breathing - dizziness -feeling faint or passing out. If he drinks a glass of water, he will be just fine.
What is False? Only a doctor can figure out what's going on with Pablo.
500
In the course of a single day, how many gallons of blood does your heart pump to your body and what is the name of the doctor you would see about your heart?
What is Approximately 2,000 gallons and Cardiologist?
500
Not only do they work together, they also work with the brain, muscles, and nerves to produce complicated images and messages. And they constantly adapt to the changing environment — for example, they are able to adjust so that we can easily move around in a nearly dark room or bright sunlight.
What are eyes?
500
This is a mineral and electrolyte that plays an important role in water balance and nerve/muscle function within the body.
What is sodium?
500
A 17 year old boy is making a TikTok and jumps off his roof. He lands on a rock, and a *crack* is heard. For the next several minutes, he has difficulty catching his breath and he is brought to the Emergency Department. Upon arrival, you see he is struggling to breathe, breathing quickly, and says he has a sharp pain when breathing in. (most likely diagnosis)
What is pneumothorax? (collapsed lung)
