Medication
What should you look for when choosing an over-the-counter medication?
a. One that can be for a wide range of symptoms
b. One that helps your main symptoms
c. One that’s a time-release formula
d. One that doesn’t contain red dye
What kind of doctor would you approach with issues about your skin?
Dermatologist
Common in athletes, ACL surgery reconstructs or replaces a ligament located in what joint of the body?
a. Ankle
b. Elbow
c. Knee
d. Hip
c. Knee
After receiving his PhD in biophysics from Harvard University in 1967, Mario Capecchi won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2007 for creating variants of what lab animals with certain genes turned off? (100)
a. Guinea pigs
b. Mice
c. Monkeys
d. Rabbits
First published in 1858, what textbook based on dissections performed on unclaimed corpses was later used for the name of a popular medical tv drama?
a. The Good Doctor
b. House
c. Private Practice
d. Gray’s Anatomy
d. Gray's Anatomy
When teaching a patient how to take a sublingual tablet, the nurse would instruct them to place the tablet _________.
a. Inside their cheek
b. On their tongue
c. On the roof of their mouth
d. Under their tongue
d. Under their tongue
Geriatrics is a medical specialty that focuses on the wellbeing of ________.
a. Older adults
b. Infants
c. Men
d. Young adults
a. Older Adults
What is the more common word for the lymphatic tissues on either side of the back of the human throat that are at their largest during the teenage years?
a. Salivary glands
b. Tonsils
c. Uvula
d. Larynx and pharynx
b. Tonsils
Marketed as a children's fever medicine with the slogan "For little hotheads," which brand of the over-the-counter pain reliever acetaminophen was introduced in 1955?
Tylenol
"Bad Medicine" is a hit song from the 1988 album "New Jersey" by what rock band?
a. Pink floyd
b. Red Hot Chili Peppers
c. The Rolling Stones
d. Bon Jovi
d. Bon Jovi
How many times a day must you take medication if your prescription reads "q.i.d."?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
d. Four
What doctor studies, diagnoses, and treats disorders of the blood?
a. Oncologist
b. Radiologist
c. Hematologist
d. Optometrist
c. Hematologist
In what part of the body can you find the stapedius, the smallest human skeletal muscle?
a. Ear
b. Finger
c. Eyebrow
d. Nose
a. Ear
The Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine (BCG) is the most widely used vaccine in the history of medicine, primarily given to prevent which bacterial infection of the lungs?
a. Pneumonia
b. Tuberculosis
c. Empyema
d. Lung abscesses
b. Tuberculosis
Dr. Mike, famous for his medically-themed entertainment videos debunking false medical claims, specializes in what subset of medicine?
a. Radiology
b. Family medicine
c. Orthopedics
d. Plastic surgery
b. Family Medicine
Aspirin can cause problems with which of the following conditions? (400)
a. Asthma
b. Bronchitis
c. Low blood pressure
d. Sinusitis
a. Asthma
What type of doctor would you be if you treated lung disorders?
a. Rheumatologist
b. Otolaryngologist
c. Pulmonologist
d. Oncologist
c. Pulmonologist
Which part of the body is composed of the carpus and metacarpus?
a. Hand
b. Wrist
c. Foot
d. Ankle
a. Hand
The International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago serves as a macabre dedication to the art of cutting people open, including a surgeon "Hall of Fame." Included in the museum's archives are letters and journals from what famous English statistician who is often considered the founder of modern nursing?
a. Clara Barton
b. Florence Nightingale
c. Dorthea Dix
d. Anita Newcomb McGee
b. Florence Nightingale
What two-word magazine, a fixture in waiting rooms, has recurring features called “Humor in Uniform" and "Laughter, the Best Medicine?"
a. Good Housekeeping
b. New Yorker
c. Reader’s Digest
d. Men’s Health
c. Reader's Digest
What is the active ingredient in Vicks NyQuil that is included for pain relief and fever reduction?
Acetaminophen
What kind of doctor specializes in high-risk pregnancies?
a. Perinatologist
b. Andrologist
c. Neonatologist
d. Naturopathigist
a. Perinatologist
Inciscors, ______, premolars/bicuspids, molars. What word is missing from this sequenced list?
Canines
A Texas carnival barker named Norma McCorvey used what pseudonymous surname to represent herself in a landmark 1973 Supreme Court Case? The case had vast political and medical implications surrounding women’s rights.
Roe
Within 5 years, when did California become the first U.S. state to legalize medical marijuana usage?
1996 (1991-2001 accepted as correct)