Biology
This system is responsible for transporting oxygen and nutrients to tissues?
What is the circulatory system?
This doctor specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses.
Who is a psychiatrist?
This type of joint allows for the greatest range of motion, like in the shoulder.
What is the ball-and-socket joint?
Define prefixes hyper- and hypo-
What is over the usual and under the usual
This respiratory disease causes inflammation and narrowing of the airways.
What is asthma?
This type of bond forms between amino acids to create proteins.
What is a peptide bond?
This is the term for a mobile unit that provides emergency medical care in remote areas.
What is an air ambulance or medical helicopter?
What is the longest bone in the body?
What is the femur
What does root word integument/o mean
What is skin or covering
A progressive brain neurodegenerative disorder affecting movement, often associated with tremors.
What is Parkinson's disease?
This substance fills the cell and holds the organelles in place.
What is the cytoplasm?
What are one of the most in demand specialties in the medical field today?
According to the American Medical Association:
What is the hyoid bone?
What does root word coron/o mean
What is "a crown"
A condition where the heart cannot pump blood effectively, leading to fluid buildup and other side-effects.
What is congestive heart failure?
This reflex causes the pupil of the eye to constrict in bright light.
What is the pupillary reflex?
This doctor focuses on the study and treatment of diseases affecting the endocrine system.
Who is an endocrinologist?
The strongest muscle in the body.
What are glutes?
What does suffix -gen mean
Substance that produces
A viral infection spread by mosquitoes, causing severe joint and muscle pain.
What is dengue fever?
This is a type of evolution that occurs when unrelated species develop similar traits due to similar enviornments.
What is convergent evolution?
Describe the exact path in deep description taken to become a doctor
What is:
1.) Graduate high school with high academics (ideally a 3.6+ GPA)
2.) Attend college/university and receive a bachelor's degree. Make sure to take the prerequisites needed for med school
3.) Take the MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test)
4.) Apply to med school and finish med school
5.) Match with a hospital and complete your residency
*Pay off medical debt as a doctor yay!
What connects bones to bones
What are ligaments?
With your knowledge on medical terminology, define "reverse transcriptase"
What is:
Reverse: Opposite of normal direction
Trans-:to change
Script-:a sequence
-ase: referring to enzymes
This autoimmune disorder causes the thyroid to produce lots of hormones.
What is Graves' disease?