Medicine
The standard number of chambers in the human heart
What is four (4)?
This vital sign measures the number of heartbeats per minute.
What is a pulse (heart rate)?
Headquartered in Atlanta, this federal agency is the nation's leading public health institute focused on disease mitigation.
What is the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)?
The maximum recommended amount of a drug to be administered, calculated based on factors like a patient's weight and age
What is a dose/dosage?
A hard, white substance covering the crown of a tooth; the hardest tissue in the human body
What is enamel?
This organ produces insulin to regulate blood sugar.
What is the pancreas?
Worn around the neck, this piece of equipment is used to listen to heart and lung sounds.
What is a stethoscope?
In 1953, a professor at this university successfully tested an inactivated-virus vaccine against a crippling childhood disease.
What is the University of Pittsburgh? (and what is the Polio vaccine!)
A fake pill or treatment with no active medication, often used in clinical trials to test a drug's real effect
What is a placebo?
A procedure that removes infected pulp from inside a tooth to save it from extraction
What is a root canal?
The medical term for high blood pressure
What is hypertension?
This term describes a nurse's scope of practice that includes diagnosing and treating patients independently, often filling primary care gaps, and is commonly abbreviated as NP.
What is a nurse practitioner?
Conditions in the environment where people are born, live, work, and age that affect health outcomes
What are social determinants of health?
The brand name for the drug acetaminophen, a popular pain reliever
What is Tylenol?
This dental specialist focuses on straightening teeth and correcting bite issues, often using braces or clear aligners.
What is an orthodontist?
In 1864, this woman became the first Black woman to earn an M.D. degree in the United States, graduating from the New England Female Medical College.
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
This Showtime series starred Edie Falco as a sharp-tongued, drug-addicted ER nurse at the fictional All Saints Hospital.
What is Nurse Jackie?
This unethical 40-year U.S. Public Health Service study, conducted in Alabama, withheld treatment from Black men with syphilis without their informed consent.
What is the Tuskegee syphilis study/experiment?
This federal agency is responsible for approving new drugs and medical devices before they reach the market.
What is the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)?
In 1980, this woman became the first Black woman dentist in the United States, graduating from the University of Michigan.
Who is Ida Gray?
This inherited blood disorder, which causes red blood cells to become misshapen and can lead to severe pain crises, disproportionately affects Black Americans.
What is sickle cell disease?
This nurse and Civil War veteran, born into slavery, is believed to be the first Black woman to serve as an Army nurse.
Who is Susie King Taylor?
This Black woman epidemiologist and biostatistician became the first Black woman to earn a PhD in the U.S. in a field of public health and was a pioneering researcher on chronic diseases and health disparities.
Who is Marion Spencer?
This 1916 Pitt Pharmacy graduate became the first licensed Black female pharmacist in Pennsylvania and later served as a U.S. goodwill ambassador, lecturing in over 20 countries.
Who is Ella P. Stewart?
This cosmetic condition is caused by excessive fluoride exposure during childhood tooth development and results in white spots, streaks, or brown discoloration on the enamel.
What is fluorosis?