Fun Facts
Humans share 98.8% of their DNA with this animal.
Chimpanzee/Monkey
If someone is choking and cannot breathe or speak, you perform this maneuver
What is the Heimlich
What is skin?
What is a hormone medication used to regulate blood sugar in people with diabetes?
Insulin
Who treats the heart and circulatory system without surgery?
cardiologist
Which Blood type is considered a universal donor?
What is O-negative blood?
The acronym F.A.S.T.(F = Face drooping, A = Arm weakness, S = Speech difficulty, T = Time) is used to recognize the warning signs of this medical emergency.
What is a stroke?
The largest bone in the body.
The femur (thigh bone)
What is an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections such as strep throat, syphilis, and certain types of pneumonia?
Penicillin
This physician diagnoses and treats cancers, often using chemotherapy, radiation, or immunotherapy.
Who is an oncologist?
This organ is approximately seven yards in length
What is the small intestine?
When performing CPR, you should switch roles every how many minutes to avoid fatigue?
Every 2 minutes
Cells that help fight infections by attacking bacteria and viruses.
What are White blood cells
What are the 3 most common treatments to kill or slow the growth of cancer cells?
Surgery, Radiation, and Chemotherapy
Who is a neurologist?
This specialist diagnoses and treats disorders of the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves.
This is the only organ in the human body that can regenerate itself.
What is the liver?
This process of evaluating and sorting patients based on the urgency of their condition is commonly used in emergencies and disasters.
What is Triage?
This type of joint allows for the widest range of motion in the human body, like in the shoulder or hip.
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
Why are men more likely to have red-green color blindness than women?
Color blindness is X-linked recessive, and since men only have one X chromosome, a single defective gene will cause the condition, whereas women would need two defective copies to be affected.
Which physician treats musculoskeletal and joint disorders caused by autoimmune diseases or inflammation?
A rheumatologist
These are the only cells in the body that can be seen with the naked eye
What are cone and rod cells in the retina?
This is the compression-to-breath ratio for one person doing CPR on a child.
30:2
This part of your brain controls balance, coordination, and fine motor skills.
What is the cerebellum?
What is a condition that affects females who have only one X chromosome, leading to short stature, infertility, and certain physical features like a webbed neck?
Turner Syndrome
What does a pulmonologist do?
They focus on diagnosing and treating lung and respiratory diseases like asthma, COPD, and pneumonia.