Organs and Organ Systems
This organ is responsible for pumping blood throughout your body.
What is the heart?
This is the type of doctor who performs surgeries.
What is a surgeon?
Every person has a unique set of these, which can be used for identification.
What are fingerprints?
Each day, humans shed about 50 to 100 of these.
What are hairs?
This is the first standardized test most pre-med students take to get into medical school.
What is the MCAT?
This system includes organs like the brain, spinal cord, and nerves, and controls most body functions.
What is the nervous system?
This type of doctor specializes in children’s health.
What is a pediatrician?
The human body is made up of about 60% of this important molecule, which we need to survive.
What is water?
People have tiny holes all over their skin for releasing sweat and oils. We call these tiny holes this...
What are pores?
This is the type of school degree you need to complete before applying to medical school.
What is a bachelor’s degree? (Undergraduate)
This organ is the largest in the human body and protects us from infections, dehydration, trauma, etc...
What is the skin?
This physician focuses on treating heart diseases and conditions.
What is a cardiologist?
The body part with the fastest-growing hair in humans, used to keep our brains warm.
What is the scalp?
This body part contains more bacteria than anywhere else in the body and helps us digest food.
What is the gut (or intestines)?
This degree, commonly abbreviated as MD, is awarded upon completion of medical school.
What is a Doctor of Medicine?
This organ helps detoxify chemicals, produces bile for digestion, and stores vitamins and minerals.
What is the liver?
This type of doctor specializes in treating disorders of the brain and nervous system.
What is a neurologist?
This part of your body grows faster in warm weather than in cold weather.
What are fingernails?
On average, a person produces about one liter of this slimy substance per day to help digestion.
What is saliva?
After graduating from medical school, doctors need to complete this type of training before they can practice independently.
What is residency?
These are the tiny air sacs in the lungs where oxygen is exchanged with carbon dioxide.
What are alveoli?
A doctor specializing in treating cancer is known as this...
What is an oncologist?
This organ is the only one that can completely regenerate itself in a healthy human.
What is the liver?
These microscopic creatures live face-down in your hair follicles, especially on your face, snacking on the oils your skin produces!
What are face mites (or Demodex mites)?
This is a program for medical students that combines the study of medicine with scientific research?
What is an MD/Ph.D. program?