This organ has a soft and gelatinous consistency, and control voluntary and involuntary movement.
What is the brain
100
At the turn of the 20th century, most doctors’ best treatment for syphilis involved administering toxic ________ to the patient indefinitely, giving rise to a popular quip about lovers spending “one night with Venus, a lifetime with ________".
What is Mercury
100
This man is credited with proving the “germ theory” in laboratory conditions. A process for destroying pathogens with heat is named in his honor.
Who is Louis Pasteur
100
Clara Barton founded this organization after caring for soldiers during the Civil War as a nurse.
What is the American Red Cross
100
This American city has been in the news for the past year for terrible water infrastructure and its associated health issues.
What is Flint, Michigan.
200
The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) lies underneath this bone.
What is the patella
200
For thousands of years, medical practitioners clung to the belief that sickness was merely the result of a little “bad blood.” To restore bodily harmony, their doctor would perform this procedure by draining vital fluids with sharp instruments or leeches.
What is bloodletting.
200
Alexander Fleming discovered this drug, almost by accident, when he noticed mold in an old dish was repelling surrounding bacteria.
What is Penicillin
200
This scientist discovered the helical structure of DNA, but was only credited posthumously after her battle with ovarian cancer.
Who is Rosalind Franklin
200
This disease outbreak occurred early in the 14th century in Europe where health officials thought they could find the cause of this outbreak by burning down certain city areas where the disease was prevalent.
What is The Black Plague
300
Daily Double: Running across the upper leg, this is the longest muscle in the entire body.
What is the Sartorius
300
In the seventeenth century, people believed that this diseases was caused by demons. Doctors drilled holes into the skulls of people who had this disease in the hope that this would cure them.
What is Epilepsy
300
This addictive drug was one of the first forms of anesthetics used during surgical procedures in the 19th century.
What is Cocaine
300
This First Lady and head of the UN Human Rights Commission believed that all people deserved access to health care, as a fundamental right.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt
300
Once classified as an illness, _______ was removed from its official Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1973.
What is homosexuality
400
Epidural administration is common during labor in hospitals. However, the side effects double the likelihood of the patient needing this procedure.
What is a Caesarian/C section.
400
Before modern medical tests were available, patients testing for this disease would urinate on the ground - a positive test meant flies would gather.
What is Diabetes Mellitus (Type II)
400
In 1905, Robert Koch (the Father of Bacteriology) won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of a bacteria that caused what disease often impacting the lungs, leading to persistent coughing, chest pain, and coughing up of blood?
What is Tuberculosis
400
Her "immortal" cervical cancer cells helped in the development of the polio vaccine and were essential in cloning, gene mapping and in-vitro fertilization decades after her death.
Who is Henrietta Lacks
400
The vaccine to this STI has been added to recommendations for both male and female teens in America to reduce certain types of cancers that can develop.
What is HPV (Human PapillomaVirus)
500
The serratus anterior is a superficial muscle that is inferior to the pectoralis major and is known as the _______ muscle in athletes.
What is the Boxer's muscle
500
Daily Double: This medical procedure previously used to treat hysteria in women, but is now a preventative method for reproductive system cancers.
What is Hysterectomy
500
In 2012, Berkeley professor and researcher Jennifer Doudna discovered a protein in the Streptococcus immune system, which allowed for the slicing of viral DNA and led to a 2015 TED Talk on the bioethics of genome editing.
What is Cas 9
500
She is the first American physician and NASA astronaut - she conducted bone cell experiments while in space, was a guest actor on Star Trek, and holds nine honorary doctorates.
Who is Mae Jemison
500
Name one of the three leading causes of infertility in women in the US
What is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Endometriosis, or Uterine Fibroids.