Chemistry
This scale measures how acidic or basic a solution is from 0–14.
What is pH?
This organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell.”
What is the mitochondria?
This organ pumps blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
The largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
A patient thinks their cold is bacterial and asks for this commonly overprescribed drug.
What are antibiotics?
This type of intermolecular force occurs when hydrogen is bonded to nitrogen, oxygen, or fluorine.
What is hydrogen bonding?
DNA replication occurs during this phase of the cell cycle.
What is the S phase?
This bone protects the brain and forms the structure of the head.
What is the skull (cranium)?
The only bone in the human body not connected to another bone.
What is the hyoid bone?
A patient blames vaccines for this neurodevelopmental disorder despite overwhelming scientific evidence against it.
What is autism?
This law states that the pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its volume when the temperature is constant.
What is Boyle’s Law?
This enzyme synthesizes RNA from a DNA template during transcription.
What is RNA polymerase?
This nerve carries visual information from the retina to the brain.
What is the optic nerve?
The average adult human body contains about this many bones.
What is 206?
A patient with chest pain believes it’s this harmless condition caused by spicy food.
What is acid reflux (heartburn/GERD)?
According to Le Châtelier’s Principle, increasing the concentration of a reactant shifts equilibrium in this direction.
What is toward the products?
This cellular process breaks down glucose to produce ATP without requiring oxygen.
What is glycolysis?
This valve prevents backflow of blood from the left ventricle into the left atrium.
What is the mitral (bicuspid) valve?
Octopuses have this many hearts.
What is three?
A patient reads online that drinking bleach can cure this viral disease.
What is COVID-19?
This constant describes the strength of an acid by measuring its dissociation in solution.
What is Ka (acid dissociation constant)?
This process allows cells to selectively degrade damaged organelles using lysosomes.
What is autophagy?
This region of the brain regulates homeostasis, body temperature, and hormone release.
What is the hypothalamus?
Bananas are naturally radioactive because they contain this element.
What is potassium (specifically potassium-40)?
A patient with headaches thinks they have this deadly brain tumor commonly self-diagnosed via the internet.
What is brain cancer (glioblastoma)?