Medical Terminology
What does the prefix "hyper-" mean?
(a) Above
(b) Below
(c) Slow
(d) Fast
What is (a) above?
Is the body's number of bones above 200 or below?
What is above?
The system that sends oxygen and nutrients through body using blood.
What is the cardiovascular/circulatory system?
True or False: The ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus was supposedly killed when an eagle, mistaking his bald head for a rock, dropped a tortoise on him to crack its shell.
What is True
This professional specializes in the care of teeth and gums.
What is a dentist/dental hygienist?
The suffix "-ectomy" means:
(a) Condition
(b) Incision
(c) Growth
(d) Surgical removal
What is (d) Surgical removal?
True or False - The femur is the biggest bone in the body.
What is true?
The system that is made up of bones and joints and provides support.
What is the skeletal system?
A famous influencer who was a tourist in Germany in 2018 died after eating 12 bratwursts in a row.
What is false?
This professional specializes in the care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
What is a pediatrician?
The term "dermatitis" involves:
(a) Inflammation of the heart
(b) Inflammation of the blood vessels
(c) Inflammation of the skin
(d) Inflammation of the nerves
The organ that filters waste products, toxins, and excess fluid from the blood, producing urine.
What are the kidneys?
The system that brings oxygen into the body and releases carbon dioxide.
(Starts with R)
What is the respiratory system?
what is True
This professional helps patients regain movement and manage pain through exercise and physical techniques.
What is a PT (physical therapist)?
The root word "gastr/o" means:
(a) Blood
(b) Uterus
(c) Stomach
(d) Fart
The largest organ in the human body.
Skin or Muscle?
What is the skin?
The stomach and intestines belong to this system. It breaks food down into nutrients.
What is the digestive system?
In 2013, a sleeping man in Brazil, João Maria, was killed when a cow fell through his roof and crushed him in his bed.
What is true?
This person is licensed to dispense medications prescribed by a doctor.
What is a pharmacist?
The suffix for "inflammation"?
(a) Tomy
(b) Itis
(c) Scope
(d) Osis
What is (b) Itis?
The scientific name for the kneecap.
What is the patella?
The central part of this system is the brain and spinal cord. It acts as the body's command center and regulates and maintains all body functions.
What is the nervous system?
After achieving the world record for simultaneous hula-hooping while riding a unicycle, Guinness world record winner, Arthur Simmons was ironically killed when a rogue, high-bouncing rubber chicken launched from the roof's novelty factory was perfectly timed to strike him in the head.
What is False?
This professional performs complex surgeries on the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
What is a neurosurgeon?