Fun Facts
This metal is necessary to bind oxygen to hemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells
What is Iron
Substances that have antipyretic properties are able to reduce this common symptom
What is fever?
This type of electromagnetic radiation, discovered in 1895, is used in many types of medical imaging.
What are x-rays?
The suffix "-itis" in medical terminology indicates this.
What is inflammation?
Hepatitis is an infection that affects the functioning of this organ
What is the liver?
The prefix cryo- generally means this in medical terminology (and most other sciences, too).
What is "cold?"
This common over-the-counter analgesic (pain reliever) results in more calls to poison control than any other pharmacologic substance.
What is acetaminophen?
This device allows medical professional to look inside the ear during routine examinations.
What is an otoscope.
This common skin growths are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
What are warts?
Jaundice is a condition in which the skin takes on a shade of this color
What is yellow
Iodine deficiency is the main cause of goiters, which is an enlargement of this gland.
What is the thyroid?
Around the age of one year old, the MMR vaccine is given to children to protect them from these three diseases.
What are measles, mumps and rubella?
This device uses different wavelengths of light in a non-invasive fashion to determine blood oxygen saturation.
What is a pulse oximeter?
Renal calculi is the formal medical term for these small crystallized solids
What are kidney stones?
This hereditary blood disorder is more common in populations, such as African Americans, whose ancestors lived where malaria is or was once common.
What is sickle cell anemia?
This class of signaling molecules are carried in the circulatory system to distant organs.
What are hormones?
MRSA is any strain of Staphylococcus aureus that has built up a resistance to this general class of antibiotics
What are penicillins?
This type of medical imaging uses large, powerful and often times noisy electromagnets to align the “spin states” of protons of hydrogen atoms in the body.
What is an MRI?
Necrotizing fasciitis is the medical term for a disease that is often sensationalized in popular media by this descriptive non-medical name.
What is "flesh-eating" disease?
In this type of disease, the body has an abnormal immune response to substances and tissues that are normally present in the body.
What is autoimmune disease?
This is the word that the "L" stands for in HDL when referring to cholesterol.
What is lipoprotein?
This measure is used to denote of the amount of a drug or other substance that will kill 50% of the population?
What is LD-50?
A sphygmomanometer is the formal name for the device that measures this.
What is blood pressure?
This medical condition is characterized by inflammation caused by the crystallization of uric acid in the joints, tendons, and tissues of the foot.
What is gout?
What hereditary blood defect is known as "the royal disease"?
Hemophilia