Anatomy & Physiology
The life-giving fluid that makes up approximately 7% of a person’s body weight.
The disease that was spread by rodents and wiped off a large portion of the European population in the 14th century.
What is the bubonic plague/black death?
What are antibiotics?
The part of the cell that contains the genetic material.
A medical doctor specialized in providing care for children from birth to childhood.
What is a pediatrician?
The largest organ in the human body
The most common illness in the United States during the winter.
What is the common cold?
The procedure pregnant women undergo to check the health of the growing baby.
What is ultrasound?
The hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle.
What is melatonin?
A medical doctor specialized in treating skin, hair, and nail conditions.
What is a dermatologist?
The organ in which insulin is made.
What is the pancreas?
The broad disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth and sometimes, if malignant, spreads to other tissue.
What is cancer?
The procedure performed on a dead body to determine the cause of death.
What is an autopsy?
The iron-containing protein that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. (hint: found in red blood cells)
What is hemoglobin?
A medical doctor specialized in caring for a person throughout a surgical procedure, overseeing the anesthesia care.
What is an anesthesiologist?
The body part where the smallest human bone, the stapes bone, is found.
What is the ear?
A mental health illnesses that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. Often characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and incoherent speech.
What is schizophrenia?
Enlarged veins that a hemorrhoidectomy removes.
What are hemorrhoids?
What is meiosis?
A healthcare professional that is responsible for caring after a woman throughout the birth process.
What is a nurse midwife?
The tissue that connects muscles to bones.
What is tendon?
A condition that occurs when a person's blood sugar levels are too high and the body does not produce enough insulin.
What is diabetes?
The surgical procedure that was used to treat mental illnesses by breaking connections in the brain. This is now considered an inhumane medical practice.
What is a lobotomy?
The name for a non-reproductive cell.
What is somatic?
A medical doctor specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
What is an oncologist?