Medical Trivia
This type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
This role involves filling prescriptions and teaching patients how to use medications safely.
This planet is known as the Red Planet.
What is Mars?
This device is used to listen to the heartbeat.
What is a stethoscope?
Rx
What is prescription?
This is the strongest muscle in your body by size.
What is the tongue?
This career helps people with speech, language, and swallowing problems.
The first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This surgical tool cuts or separates tissue.
What is a scalpel?
BMI
What is body mass index?
This blood type is called the “universal recipient” because it can safely receive blood from any donor type.
What is AB positive?
This professional gives medicine to patients to help them sleep during surgery.
What is an anesthesiologist?
The tallest mountain in Africa.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
This test uses high-frequency sound waves to see inside the body.
What is an ultrasound?
PRN
What is as needed?
The average adult body has 206 of these.
What are bones?
This type of surgeon repairs or reconstructs body parts, often after injury or for cosmetic reasons.
Who is a Plastic Surgeon?
The painter of the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This machine filters waste from the blood in patients with kidney failure.
What is a dialysis machine?
DOB
What is date of birth?
The “master gland” of the endocrine system, it controls hormones throughout the body.
What is the pituitary gland?
These specialists focus on the care of newborns, particularly those who are premature or critically ill.
Who is a Neonatologist?
This rare astronomical event occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth.
What is a solar eclipse?
This device delivers precise doses of oxygen to patients who need respiratory support.
What is a ventilator?
NPO
What is nothing by mouth?