Nursing Jeopardy

Medical Terminology

100

The medical term meaning high blood pressure

What is hypertension

200

The medical term for swelling caused by fluid accumulation.

What is edema?

300

The medical term for "heart attack"

What is a myocardial infarction?

400

The medical term for a disease that is transmissible from animal to human.

What is Zoonotic disease?

Parts of the Body

100

The bone in line with your thumb.

What is the radius?

200

The organs that excrete waste found in blood stream through tubes called ureters.

What are the kidneys?

300

The anatomic name of the muscle commonly known as the "swimmers muscle"

What is the Latissimus dorsi?

400

The bone in which one can break upon impact causing their trachea to collapse and lead to death.

What is the hyoid bone?

Anatomy in Numbers

100

The number of bones a baby has when it's born.

What is 300?

200

The number of bones an adult has.

What is 206?

300

The amount of muscles involved in eye movement.

What is 6?

400

The number of cranial nerves. (extra credit if you can name 3 or more AND even more extra credit if you can tell us what they do)

What is 12?

1. Olfactory nerve: Sense of smell.
2. Optic nerve: Ability to see.
3. Oculomotor nerve: Ability to move and blink your eyes.
4. Trochlear nerve: Ability to move your eyes up and down or back and forth.
5. Trigeminal nerve: Sensations in your face and cheeks, taste and jaw movements.
6. Abducens nerve: Ability to move your eyes.
7. Facial nerve: Facial expressions and sense of taste.
8. Auditory/vestibular nerve: Sense of hearing and balance.
9. Glossopharyngeal nerve: Ability to taste and swallow.
10. Vagus nerve: Digestion and heart rate.
11. Accessory nerve (or spinal accessory nerve): Shoulder and neck muscle movement.
12. Hypoglossal nerve: Ability to move your tongue.