Medical professions focused on the teeth, gums, and other oral structures
What are dentists?
Largest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
Something that is long-standing, or constant.
membrane-bound organelle, known as "powerhouse of the cell".
What is the mitochondria?
A pre-health student who helps other pre-health students navigate gaining experience, the application process, and gives advice on when to take classes.
What is a Peer Advisor?
Provides direct patient care, checks vital signs, records medical histories, and administers medications/treatment. They work in hospitals, clinics, schools, and doctor offices.
What is a Registered Nurse (RN)?
Connects bone to bone.
A growth, tumor, or condition that is non-cancerous and will not spread to other parts of the body.
What is benign?
The subatomic particle which makes up the least of an atom's mass.
A weekly service which provides announcements for volunteer and clinical positions, professional school open houses, webinars, pre-health clubs, and answers questions from pre-health students.
What is the pre-health pack weekly digest?
A healthcare worker who checks for harmful drug mixes, and teach patients how to take their medicine safely.
What is a pharmacist?
Aids digestions and controls blood sugar.
What is the pancreas?
A blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart.
What is an artery?
A bond formed by the transfer of electrons
What is an ionic bond?
Pre-health drop in advising is offered Wednesdays from 1-4pm at this location.
What is the Academic Success Center?
A trained health care worker who draws blood for tests, donations, or transfusions.
What is a phlebotomist?
The superficial layer of skin.
What is the epidermis?
What is distal?
A macromolecule made of a phosphate group, a five-carbon sugar, and a nitrogenous base.
What are nucleic acids?
Can be requested through Health Professions Advising once per student per application cycle.
What is a mock interview?
Full name for a medical profession who specializes in conditions of the head, neck, ears, nose, and throat.
What is an otolaryngologist (ENT)?
What is compact (or cortical) bone?
A blood clot in a deep vein, often an extremity.
What is deep vein thrombosis (DVT)?
A membrane-bound organelle which modifies, sorts, and packages proteins/lipids for transport both within the cell and outside the cell.
What is the golgi apparatus?
A good way of gaining hands on patient experience, can be obtained at Wake Tech or other community collages.
What is a healthcare certification?