Medical Diagnosis
Medical Terminology
Medical Specialties
Medical Anatomy
Medical Equipment
100
A patient presents with fever, productive cough, crackles in the lower lobes, and a lobar consolidation on chest X-ray
What is pneumonia?
100
This term refers to a lab test that counts the numbers of different blood cells.
What is a CBC?
100
These surgeons specialize in operations involving the lungs, esophagus, and chest cavity.
What is thoracic surgery?
100
This chamber of the heart receives oxygen-poor blood from the body
What is the right atrium?
100
This bedside device uses high-frequency sound waves to visualize internal organs.
What is an ultrasound machine?
200
A 22-year-old with sudden right-lower-quadrant pain w/ tenderness, fever, and nausea.
What is appendicitis?
200
This term means the spread of cancer to distant parts of the body.
What is metastasis?
200
This physician manages airway, pain control, and sedation during surgery.
What is anesthesiology?
200
This cartilage prevents food from entering the trachea during swallowing.
What is the epiglottis?
200
These scissors can cut through clothing, seatbelts, and even thin metal.
What are trauma shears?
300
A young adult collapses with sudden chest pain and dyspnea. Decreased breath sounds on the right.
What is a spontaneous pneumothorax?
300
This term means “pertaining to the electricity of the heart.”
What is an electrocardiographic / ECG?
300
This specialty focuses on disorders of the endocrine glands, including diabetes and thyroid disease.
What is endocrinology?
300
This abdominal organ filters blood and removes old red blood cells.
What is the spleen?
300
This device provides positive-pressure ventilation via a self-inflating bag.
What is a BVM (bag-valve-mask)?
400
A 55 yo F found at home, confused, with slurred speech, weak, with a dilated pupil. What can it indicate?
What is an ischemic stroke?
400
This term means puncture to remove fluid, as in a lumbar puncture.
What is -centesis?
400
This specialty treats arthritis, lupus, vasculitis, and other autoimmune diseases.
What is rheumatology?
400
This cranial nerve controls facial expression.
What is cranial nerve VII (facial nerve)?
400
This gauge of an IV needle is used the most for medication administration for an average adult.
What is a 20-G (gauge) IV needle/catheter?
500
68-yo-M presents to the ER with fatigue, palpitations, and SOB. Paramedic Kinney provides an EKG that he took en route. What is your diagnosis?
What is AFIB?
(Atrial Fibrillation)
500
What does the term myasthenia gravis translate to
What is severe muscle weakness
500
This specialty focuses on restoring function and quality of life to patients after strokes, spinal cord injuries, amputations, or chronic pain syndromes — but you won’t often see these doctors in the OR
What is a PM&R (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation), aka Physiatry
500
This part of the brainstem regulates vital functions such as breathing and heart rate.
What is the medulla oblongata?
500
This portable device monitors CO₂ levels in exhaled air to assess ventilation.
What is a capnography / EtCO₂ monitor?