How well do you know your medical terms?

Medical School

100

These 3 thing do medical schools look for on applications?

- good MCAT score

- high GPA

- volunteer hours/research/shadowing/letter of recs

200

What classes are mandatory for MOST medical school?

• Biology (one year labs)
• Chemistry (two full academic years of study, including four lab-based classes, three of which are general chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry)
• English  (one full year)
• Math (one full year, ideally including courses in calculus and statistics)
• Physics (one year with labs)
• stats

300

Average GPA for medical schools 

3.77

400

Average MCAT score for medical schools?

511.7

500

Which year of medical School is the hardest?

Year 3

Medical terminology

100

Will not cause cancer; not cancerous. 

A tiny tissue sample used for testing purposes.

What is "Benign"?

200

A bruise

What is "Contusion"?

300

A tender, fluid-filled pocket that forms in tissue, usually due to infection.

 What is "Abscess"?

400

 Signifies a condition that begins abruptly and is sometimes severe, but the duration is short.

What is "Acute"?

500

 Swelling caused by fluid accumulation.

 What is "Edema"?

-ology

100

 Many.

 What is "Poly"?

200

 Black or dark in color.

 What is "Melan/o"?

300

 Indicates a process.

What is "-ation"?

400

 Indicates something that is abnormal.

What is "-osis"?

500

 Decomposition, destruction, or breaking down.

What is "-lysis"?

Medical root

100

Related to the heart

 What is "Cardi/o"?

200

Pertaining to blood

 What is "Hemat/o"?

300

Related to the brain

What is "Encephal/o"?

400

 Slowing or stopping the flow of a bodily fluid

What is "Stasis"?

500

Slowing or stopping the flow of a bodily fluid

What is "Stasis"?

Head & Neck

100

Rhino/naso

What is "nose"?

200

Crani(o)

What is "skull"?

300

Stoma/Oro

What is "mouth"?

400

Geni(o)/Mento

What is "chin"?

500

Trich(o)

What is "hair"?