Nutrition
This mineral found in dairy helps keep bones strong.
What is calcium?
This ancient practice from China focuses on slow, controlled movements to improve balance.
What is tai chi?
The term for ringing, buzzing, or roaring in the ears.
What is tinnitus?
Handwashing became a crucial medical practice thanks to Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis in this century.
What is the 19th century?
The primary function of red blood cells.
What is carrying oxygen?
This index ranks how much certain foods increase blood sugar levels.
What is the Glycemic Index?
The "normal" range for blood pressure.
What is 120/80 mmHg?
This inventor of the telephone also contributed early designs for hearing aids.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
Inuit people traditionally wore snow goggles made from bone or wood to reduce this vision‑damaging effect.
What is snow blindness?
The hormone that regulates blood sugar.
What is insulin?
This eating pattern, based on foods from Greece and Italy, is known for supporting heart and brain health.
What is the Mediterranean diet?
The approximate/average percentage of the human body made up of water.
What is 60%?
Exposure to sounds at or above this number of decibels causes the most common type of hearing loss.
What is 85 decibels?
The normal temperature of a human body.
What is 98.6 degrees F?
This major blood vessel carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart.
What is the aorta?
The number of teaspoons of sugar in a 12 oz can of coca cola.
What is 9-10 teaspoons? (3+ more teaspoons than are recommended for a full daily intake for women!)
The largest joint in the body.
What is the knee?
Long-term exposure to loud noises can damage these hair‑like cells located in this part of the ear.
What is the cochlea?
The largest organ in the body.
What is skin?
What is plasma?
The organ that produces insulin.
What is the pancreas?
In the early 20th century, this “physical culture” movement made group exercise popular in the U.S.
What is calisthenics?
This tuning‑fork test, named after a German doctor, helps identify hearing loss in one ear.
What is the Rinne test?
The most common blood type.
What is 0+?
The number of gallons the hear pumps in a day.
What is 3,600?