Medicine/Procedures
Illnesses
History
Medical Research
MCAT
100
What is the most common form by which medicine is taken?
What is a pill
100
This the medical term for high blood pressure.
What is Hypertension
100
Who created the Germ Theory of Disease and pasteurization
Louis Pasteur
100
Which governmental agency is responsible for overseeing the development and market of new drugs in the US?
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
100
Which of the following population pyramids depicts the population that is most likely to decrease in size in the near future?
Stage 4
200
This simple action helps relax you body, triggers endorphins, and may help you live longer.
What is laughter
200
What is the leading cause of death in the world?
What is "heart disease"
200
What organ did Ancient Egyptians think was the key to the afterlife?
What is the "Heart"
200
How many clinical trials can you be enrolled in at any one time?
as many as you want
200
A musician plays the trumpet in a marching band. The musician tunes the trumpet inside a room and then goes outside to play. When outside, the trumpet sounds flat (plays a lower frequency). Which of the following has occurred to account for the decrease in the frequency?
A.The air outside is warmer than inside, which increased the speed of the sound waves.
B.More energy is dissipated outside, which caused the sound waves to lose energy.
C.The musician shortened the length of the trumpet, which decreased the wavelength of the sound waves.
D.The air outside is cooler than inside, which decreased the speed of the sound waves.
D. The air outside is cooler than inside, which decreased the speed of the sound waves.
300
What is the most common surgery
Appendectomy, C-section, or cataract removal
300
What is the most common cancer in the US?
Breast Cancer
300
What animal was used as a popular method of treating local inflammation by bloodletting in the 19th century
What is Leech
300
What kind of studies are used to ensure medicine/drugs are safe before being sold and prescribed?
What are clinical trials
300
Which pairs of substances are released from exocrine glands?
Tears and bile
400
What illicit drug was used as a substitute of morphine, and used to treat sore throats, coughs, and the common cold in the early 1900s?
What is Heroin
400
Under how many people must have a disease for it to be considered rare?
1000
50,000
200,000
1,000,000
What is 200,000
400
Name a snack that used to be sold as a nutritional supplement
What is Coco-Cola, Graham Crackers, Corn Flakes, Fig Newtons, 7-Up (lithium citrate), Dr. Pepper, Digestive Biscuits
400
Double Points - How long does it take for drugs to go from initial development to market?
What is 10-15 years
400
2 Bi(s) + 5 F2(g) → 2 BiF5(s)
Metallic, elemental bismuth reacts with yellow fluorine gas to form a white solid of bismuth(V) fluoride according to the balanced equation above. How many grams of fluorine gas are needed to fully convert 836 g of bismuth in this reaction?
380 g
500
What is the most commonly prescribed medication? (either name or what it treats)
What is Atorvastatin (lowers cholesterol and fat levels in blood)
500
Roughly how many people in the world live with a mental disorder?
970 million
500
Hippocrates suggested which humors are the vital bodily fluids?
What is blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile
500
the lack of translation from promising preclinical findings to success in human trials is known as
What is the Valley of Death
500
Acetylation of lysine residues in histones increases gene expression because:
A. DNA is tightly bound to negatively charged amino acids on histones.
B. the carboxyl oxygen atoms in acetyl groups form hydrogen bonds with nitrogenous bases.
C. the salt bridges between charged amino acids and phosphate groups are disrupted.
D. lysine residues in histones associate with positively charged phosphate groups in DNA.
C.the salt bridges between charged amino acids and phosphate groups are disrupted.