Ye Olde History
In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered the world's first broadly effective antibiotic, known as this "magic bullet"
What is penicillin?
This organ disease is known to be the leading cause of death in US
What is heart disease?
After receiving the vaccination for influenza, your body forms ____ to prevent the virus from entering cells
What are antibodies?
This device is utilized to listen to a patient's heart and lungs
What is a stethoscope?
This organ is the most commonly transplanted in the US today, with over 400,000 transplants in the past 30 years
What is the kidney?
What are fleas on infected rodents?
This sexually transmitted infection is known to be the most common and causes warts to appear
What is HPV?
Edward Jenner developed the process of vaccination for this disease in 1796
What is smallpox?
This instrument is used to exam the components of a patients eye
What is a ophthalmoscope/fundoscope?
Most nutrient absorption occurs in this organ
What is the small intestine?
This man is considered "The Father of Medicine" and known for his motto "do no harm". His words will be said during your white coat ceremony in medical school.
Who is Hippocrates?
These are the 3 most commonly seen cancers in the USA today in adult women
What are breast, lung, and colon cancer?
The current iterations of the vaccines against coronavirus utilize this viral component
This imaging is best to view organ injuries due to its level of detail and quick turnaround, taking only a minute to produce an image
What is a CT scan?
Daily Double: This organ is known to be the smallest organ in the body. It's primary function is to secrete endogenous melatonin to regulate sleep patterns
What is the pineal gland?
This drug was discovered in the 1920's but had to be extracted from another animal until the early 1980's. It is currently available through subcutaneous injections or a pump
What is insulin?
Daily Double: Chicken pox can later manifest as this disease, commonly seen in elderly people and those who are immunocompromised
What is shingles?
What is polio?
A sphygmomanometer is an instrument utilized during every patient visit to measure this
What is blood pressure?
This organ is known to be the largest organ in the human body
What is the skin?
Ignaz Semmelweis instituted this measure to prevent childbed fever, which became the standard for prevention of disease transmission
What is handwashing?
This infectious disease has killed more people than any other in history, and kills over 1.6 million people yearly
What is tuberculosis?
These are the 3 virus that the MMR vaccine provides protection against
What are measles, mumps, and rubella?
This physician is famous for helping desegregate ECU and Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
Who is Andrew Best?
This organ is known as the fattiest organ in the body, with over 60% of it being composed of fat
What is the brain?