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Test My Knowledge
100
BMI, a calculation that estimates how much body fat a person has based on his or her 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 Radiology Technician?
100
The period when you change from childhood to adulthood.
What is adolescence?
100
- Grains - Vegetables - Fruits - Dairy - Meats, Beans and nuts - Oil and fats
What are the different food groups?
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 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 is allergies?
200
The old one had stacks above each other, and the new one has columns. Also, the new one added the stairs, to represent exercise. Name that pyramid
What is the food pyramid?
200
What happens to the brain after you drink alcohol?
What is after you drink alcohol, your body slows down because the alcohol goes straight to your brain and kills about 10,000 brain cells.
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, and handles cases of brain aneurysms and management of pain and movement disorders, among others? 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 thought to help prevent colds and this vitamin helps your body to absorb calcium.
What is Vitamin C and What is Vitamin D?
300
Fill in the blank: There are more ___________ in your mouth than there are people in the world.
What is bacteria?
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
Focuses primarily on prevention of oral diseases, treatment of conditions of the periodontium, and oral health education. How much is their yearly salary?
What is Dental Hygenist and $70,210/year?
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
Wheat, oats and barley are commonly grown in the Prairies and belong to this food group.
What is Grain Products?
400
During your lifetime, you’ll eat about ________ pounds of food; that’s the weight of about ____ elephants.
What is 60,000 and 6?
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
Consumption of _______and other sugary beverages is linked to __________ deaths a year worldwide.
What is soda and 180,000?
500
What types of cancers can you get from inhaling nicotine?
What is - Lung Cancer - Throat Cancer - Tongue Cancer
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