Terminology
Prefix for "below" or "lower than normal"
What is hypo-?
What the MCAT stands for
What is the Medical College Admission Test?
A specialty focused on threating children and adolescents
What is pediatrics?
A condition involving inflammation of the joints
What is arthritis?
Define Anatomy & Physiology
What is the study of structure & function of organs in human body
combining form pertaining to the liver
hepat/o
The time length of the new MCAT
What is 6-8 hours.
A physician that focuses on treating patients with diseases of the heart and its blood vessels
What is cardiology
High blood pressure
What is a hypertension?
A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
What is an artery?
suffix for surgical removal
-ectomy
What is the highest score you can receive on the MCAT?
What is a 528.
A specialty focusing on treatment of kidney-related conditions
What is nephrology?
A malignant tumor that begins in the tissues lining the body organs
What is a carcinoma?
Part of the bran where visual stimuli is processed
What is the occipital lobe?
Another name for a heart attack
Myocardial infarction
The cost of the new MCAT
What is $315?
A specialty focusing on conditions in newborn infants
What is neonatology?
A general term for a disease in the brain
What is encephalopathy?
The branch of the autonomic nervous system responsible for the "fight or flight" response
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
The two aspects of a blood pressure reading
What are diastole and systole
What are the 7 classes you need to take for the MCAT?
What is Biology, Gen Chem, Organic Chem, Biochem, Physics, Psychology, and Sociology.
The top paid medical specialty in 2018
Orthopedic surgeon
Name one of the 3 deadliest diseases in the world
1. Coronary artery disease/ischemic heart disease,
2. Stroke
3. Lower respiratory infections
Name all 9 organ systems in human body
What are the Skeletal, Muscular, Nervous, Integumentary, Circulatory, Respiratory, Digestive, Urinary, Reproductive systems