Historical Figures in Medicine
Anatomy
Careers
Tools
Terminology
100

"Father of Medicine," original creator of the Hippocratic Oath

Who is Hippocrates? 

100

The largest organ 

What is skin

100

When special diet considerations are needed due to illness, injury, or surgery, this person can create meal plans and keep track of a patient’s progress.

Dietitian/Nutritionist

100

Thermometer

What is the tool used to measure temperatures?

100

Amputation

What is the removal of a limb, usually surgical? 
200

"Father of Immunology"

Who is Edward Jenner?

200

Where cardiac muscles, a type of muscle tissue that moves involuntarily, are found

Cor (the heart)

200

This doctor studies cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior by observing, interpreting, and recording how people relate to one another and to their environments.

What is a psychologist?

200

MRI machine (magnetic resonance imaging machine)

What machine provides detailed images of the body's organs and tissues using magnetic fields and radio waves?

200

Superficial

What is the term meaning closer to the body’s surface in regards to anatomy?

300

First Woman Physician in the U.S

Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?

300
The part of the brain responsible for emotions

What is the amygdala?

300

When treating a patient, these people observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress. They work alongside doctors when it comes to treatment plans and exams, administering medications, and monitoring patient recovery.

Nurse

300

Defibrillator

This tool delivers an electric shock to restore normal heart rhythm. They are lifesaving devices in cases of cardiac arrest.

300

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

400

Founded the germ theory of disease

Who is Louis Pasteur? 

400

The name of the bone usually referred to as the shoulder blade.

What is a scapula?

400

This person is a highly skilled and trusted medication expert. They know and understand everything there is to know about drugs.

Pharmacist
400

Stethoscope

Doctors use this tool to listen to low-volume sounds that the heart makes. They also use it to hear sounds from the intestine and fetal heartbeats.

400

ATT PHYS

What is the common abbreviation for attending physician? 

500

first to use an anesthesia combining wine with an herbal concoction (máfèisàn)

Who is Hua Tuo?

500

The anatomical position where the face, the palms (palmar surfaces) of the hands, and the soles (plantar surfaces) of the feet face forward.

What is the Standard Anatomical Position?

500

A medical doctor who sees to the needs of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults

Pediatrician

500

An instrument used to measure blood pressure. 

What is the sphygmomanometer? 

500

Posterior, Anterior, and Lateral aspects.

What do you call the front, back, and side views of the body?

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