By the Numbers
The number of bones in the average human body.
What is 206?
This organ produces bile.
What is the gall bladder?
This gene mutation is found most cases of breast cancer.
What is the BRCA mutation?
This long-running hospital drama is named after a famous medical textbook.
What is Grey's Anatomy?
You see this medical professional when you have cataracts, not when you need glasses.
Who is an ophthalmologist?
The approximate number of liters of blood in the human body.
What is 5?
The anatomical term for bones that make up your fingers and toes.
What are phalanges?
The ancient greek god of medicine who is famous for his serpent-entwined staff.
Who is Asclepius?
The drug-addicted protagonist of this show will solve your case, even if it breaks a lot of rules.
What is House MD?
This medical professional examines your digestive system, from your esophagus to your intestines.
What is a gastroenterologist?
The number of inches a year your hair grows on average
What is 6?
The part of the brain responsible for regulating basic bodily functions like heartbeat and breathing.
What is the Medulla Oblangata or the brain stem?
Hyperhidrosis is another way to say this bodily function.
What is sweating?
This medical drama’s protagonist with savant syndrome first appeared in a hit Korean series
What is The Good Doctor?
This specialty involves look through your body and fixing your issues.
What is interventional radiology?
The number of square feet of the average adult human’s skin.
What is the uvula?
What is a cantaloupe?
If you were ever in the middle of the Korean War, you would be able to relate to the characters of this medical show.
What is M*A*S*H?
A medical professional who treats dizziness, hearing loss, and tumors of the ear.
Who is an otologist?
The approximate number of hair cells the organ of corti (in the ear) has.
What is 16,000?
In 1895, this was the first x-rayed body part.
What is a hand/what are hands?
The ancient name for tuberculosis, named because the disease led to a wasting away of the body.
What is "consumption"?
The main villain from Heathers shares the same initials as the protagonist from this medical TV show.
What is Scrubs?
This branch of medicine deals with high-risk pregnancies with complex medical conditions.
What is perinatology or maternal-fetal medicine?