Ancient Health Practices
Ancient Greek doctors believed in balancing 4 bodily fluids called these.
What antibiotic, discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928, revolutionized the treatment of bacterial infections?
Penicillin
This wrinkly part of the brain controls thinking, memory, and movement
cerebrum
This type of memory lasts only a few seconds, like remembering a phone number
short-term memory
This is the only planet in our solar system that spins sideways
Uranus
This medieval practice involved removing blood to balance the body.
bloodletting
This discovery in 1921 allowed people with Type 1 diabetes to live long, healthy lives.
Insulin
This small, back part of the brain helps with balance and coordination.
cerebellum
This is the term for the brain’s ability to change and form new connections.
neuroplasticity
This country gave the U.S. the Statue of Liberty as a gift
France
Medieval doctors wore these bird-like masks during the plague.
plague doctor masks
The first successful organ transplant involved this organ in 1954.
Kidney
This brain part stores long-term memories and helps with learning
hippocampus
This type of memory helps you ride a bike or tie your shoes without thinking.
muscle (procedural) memory
This city has the most people in the world.
Tokyo
Who is the ancient Greek physician known as the "Father of Medicine"?
Hippocrates
This global research project mapped all the genes in the human body by 2003.
Human Genome Project
What part of the brain regulates basic life functions like breathing and heartbeat?
brainstem
This brain part is like a “memory center,” helping you form new memories.
hippocampus
This was the first toy to be advertised on television in 1952.
Mr. Potato Head
What animal was used to assist in bloodletting, that is still used for wound healing today
Leeches!
What device, used during polio outbreaks, helped patients breathe by creating negative pressure?
The Iron Lung
The frontal lobe is responsible for what kind of higher-level functions?
decision-making, planning, and impulse control
This is when you remember the alphabet or multiplication tables.
long-term memory
This animal has the longest lifespan, living over 200 years.
The Greenland Shark