MED/ NURSING
The tool doctors wear around their neck to listen to hearts and lungs.
(What is a stethoscope?)
This is the most common parasite that makes dogs scratch and bite their fur.
What are fleas?
The “X” in X-ray stands for this
What is unknown?
The dentist uses this buzzing tool to fix cavities.
What is a drill?
These are the building blocks of life.
What are cells?
Nurses check this vital sign with a cuff that squeezes your arm.
(What is blood pressure?)
This disease, spread through bites, is almost always fatal once symptoms appear — but preventable with vaccination.
What is rabies?
The black and white fuzzy picture of a baby before birth.
What is an ultrasound?
The white hard part covering your teeth.
What is enamel?
Water freezes at this temperature in Celsius.
What is 0 degrees?
The “ER” stands for this hospital department.
What is Emergency Room?
Horses are measured for height in these units, where one equals 4 inches.
What are hands?
This imaging test uses magnets, not radiation.
What is an MRI?
The wisdom teeth are also called these molars.
What are third molars?
This is equal to mass times acceleration.
What is force? F=ma
This is the professional oath doctors take, starting with “First, do no harm.
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
A cat’s average pregnancy lasts about this many weeks.
What is 9 weeks?
This type of scan looks like a giant donut and makes cross-section images.
What is a CT scan?
This is what the dentist takes when they say “bite down for a picture.
What is an X-ray?
This molecule carries your genetic information.
What is DNA?
This French scientist first proposed that doctors should wash their hands after autopsies to prevent spreading disease.
Who is Ignaz Semmelweis?
Cows have this many stomach compartments to help digest grass.
What is four?
The unit “Sievert” measures this in medical imaging.
What is radiation dose/exposure?
This calcified tissue, found under the enamel, makes up the majority of the tooth.
What is dentin?
In physics, this is the fundamental constant represented by cc, equal to approximately 3.0×10^8 m/s
What is the speed of light?