Anatomy & Body Structures
The muscle of the back of the neck and upper trunk that controls shoulder movements?
The disease characterized by a disorder resulting in hyperglycemia and glycosuria
What is Diabetes Mellitus
The body organ produces the hormone insulin
What is the Pancreas?
The great English naturalist in the 19th century who gave the theory of evolution a scientific basis
Who was Charles Darwin?
What is Smallpox?
The largest muscle in the buttock
What is the Gluteus Maximus?
The name is given to the ions that dissociate in your bloodstream
What are Electrolytes?
The gland that secretes growth hormone and is referred to as the "Master Gland"
What is the Pituitary Gland?
He discovered that germs caused disease, developed the rabies vaccine, and created pasteurization
Who was Louis Pasteur?
The year in which AIDS was identified as a disease
When was 1984?
The three layers/strata of skin
What are Epidermis, Dermis, and Subcutaneous fat?
The vector that most commonly transmits Lyme disease
The hormone that prepares the body for fight or flight
What is epinephrine/adrenaline?
The scientist who isolated radium in 1910
Two of the four humors that Claudius Galen felt were needed to maintain balance and health
What are black bile, yellow bile, blood, and phlegm?
The name of the little dead-end tube of the cecum that often becomes inflamed
What is the Appendix?
The term that is given to a severe, often fatal allergic reaction to a foreign substance
What is Anaphylactic Shock?
The principal glucocorticoid hormone that regulates carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism
What is Cortisol?
What are Mosquitos?
He invented the solar microscope that provided the possibility of viewing germs in the 17th century
Who was Von Leeuwenhoek?
The five regions of the vertebral column (At least 3)
What are Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, coccyx?
The medical term for a Heart Attack
What is a Myocardial Infarction?
The posterior pituitary hormone stimulates water absorption in the kidneys
What is Antidiuretic Hormone/Vasopressin
The person that invented bifocals and discovered that colds can be passed from one person to another
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
Name the T cells that are destructive to cells such as cancer because they can kill foreign cells that invade the body
What are Cytotoxic T-Cells or T8 Cells?