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100
This person is credited with the invention of the first vaccine
Who is Edward Jenner?
100
This disease commonly uses a mosquito as a vector
What is malaria?
100
This is what "UTI" stands for
What is Urinary Tract Infection?
100
This is the number of bones in the human body
What is 206?
100

This is the common name for the acute, infectious disease Varicella zoster (commonly affects children).

What is the chickenpox?

200 points if you are able to name the disease that can be contracted later in life by a resurgence of the Varicella zoster virus.

200
This ancient Greek physician is often known as the founder of medicine and has a famous oath named after him
Who is Hippocrates?
200
This disease is the reason why our milk is fortified with vitamin D.
What is Rickets?
200
The majority of medical jargon is created from these two languages
What are Greek and Latin?
200
This is the universal donor blood type
What is O Negative?
200

This component of your eye is responsible for your ability to see color

What is the retina (specifically the cone cells)?

300
This virus is responsible for the most devastating pandemic in world history which occurred in 1918
What is Influenza?
300
This is the type of cancer that causes the most deaths in the United States
What is lung cancer?
300
If a patient is on dialysis, this is the type of physician they consult with.
What is a nephrologist?
300
Dopamine, serotonin, and acetylcholine are all examples of this type of endogenous chemical in the nervous system
What is a neurotransmitter?
300
This is the most common cause of death for children between the ages of 1-18 in the United States
What is accidents (unintentional injuries)?
400
These cells became the first immortalized cell line and have been invaluable to medical research
What are HeLa cells?
400
This virus is characteristically known for causing chronic liver disease
What is Hepatitis C?
400

The word "edema" in medical jargon is really just a fancy word for this term.

What is swelling?

400

The malleus, incus and stapes are three bones that can be found where in the body?

Where is the middle ear?

400

Patients with sickle cell trait are protected from contracting what infectious disease?

What is malaria?

500
This physician was the first person to perform an open heart surgery.

Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?

500

This is the most common sexually transmitted disease.

What is Human Papillomavirus (HPV)?

200 points if you can name the vaccine used to prevent this infection!

500
This is the actual term for a heart attack
What is myocardial infarction?
500
Insulin is produced within these types of cells in this organ
What are beta cells in the pancreas?
500

Without a sufficient amount of B12, your body cannot make enough of these types of cells. (Hint: people with B12 deficiency are often said to be anemic)

What are red blood cells?