Anatomy and Physiology
This structure in the brain regulates homeostasis, including temperature and hunger.
What is the hypothalamus?
This doctor specializes in the treatment of cancers using chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery.
Who is an oncologist?
The structure that carries genetic information in our cells.
What is DNA?
This is the largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
This common procedure removes a small tissue sample for laboratory analysis to diagnose disease.
What is a biopsy?
This muscle separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity and plays a major role in breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
This healthcare professional is trained to draw blood and collect other specimens for laboratory testing.
Who is a phlebotomist?
This enzyme unwinds the DNA during replication.
What is helicase?
These blood cells help fight infections by attacking bacteria and viruses.
What are white blood cells?
This procedure uses sound waves to create images of organs and tissues inside the body.
What is an ultrasound?
This part of the neuron receives signals from other neurons and sends them toward the cell body.
What are dendrites?
This professional uses imaging technology, like X-rays and MRIs, to help diagnose injuries and illnesses.
Who is a radiologist?
This type of bond holds the two strands of DNA together between complementary bases.
What are Hydrogen Bonds?
This vitamin is produced by the skin when exposed to sunlight.
What is vitamin D?
This procedure involves replacing a diseased organ with a healthy one from a donor.
What is a transplant?
These tiny, finger-like projections in the small intestine increase surface area for nutrient absorption.
What are villi?
This specialist performs ultrasound examinations to help diagnose conditions during pregnancy or in other organs.
Who is a sonographer?
An evolutionary event where a population's size is greatly reduced (often by a natural disaster or others), leading to a loss of genetic diversity
What is the Bottleneck Effect?
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This imaging technique uses magnets and radio waves to produce detailed pictures of soft tissues in the body.
What is an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)?
This artery is the main blood supply to the brain and has two primary branches: anterior and middle.
What is the internal carotid artery?
This specialist treats disorders of the ear, nose, and throat.
Who is an otolaryngologist?
This helps measure changes in allele frequencies over time (and provides an "ideal" population to use as a basis of comparison.)
What is the Hardy-Weinberg theorem?
This is the fastest muscle in the human body, used to blink. (good luck)
What is the orbicularis oculi?
This surgical procedure removes the gallbladder, often due to gallstones.
What is a cholecystectomy?