Medical Conditions
Most frequently diagnosed cancer in men
What is Prostate cancer?
Study of cancer
What is oncology?
Abbreviated as CPR
What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
Longest bone in the body
What is the femur?
Cosmetic surgeons remove 200,00 pounds of this from Americans every year
What is fat?
Along with heart disease and cancer, this accounts for 64 percent of U.S. deaths
What is a stroke?
Responsible for monitoring, recording and reporting symptoms or changes in patient's conditions
What is a registered nurse (RN)?
"A lateral curvature of the spine"
What is Scoliosis?
Two parts of the skeleton
What is axial and appendicular?
Occurs when your diaphragm goes into spasms
What are hiccups?
Patient is randomly unable to control movement or speech
What is Tourettes?
Tasked with helping patients who are mentally, emotionally, or physically disabled adjust to handicaps and regain abilities to perform daily living and self-care skills
What is an occupational therapist?
Common term for a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
What is a stroke?
Three types of muscle tissue
What is skeletal, smooth, and cardiac?
Common term for the itchy skin condition called tinea pedis
What is athlete's foot?
Leukemia patients have too many
What is leukocytes (white blood cells)?
Responsible for working with patients suffering from pulmonary ailments
What is a respiratory therapist?
Position of pinky in relation to elbow
What is distal?
Number of carpal bones
What is eight?
Medical term for low blood sugar
What is hypoglycemia?
A patient presents with delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking (speech)
What is schizophrenia?
Primary focus is the admittance and care of hospitalized patients
What is a hospitalist?
Abbreviated as SIDS
What is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome?
What are vestigial structures?
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy was known as this in 1996
What is Mad Cow Disease?