Anatomy is Fun!
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Neuro Nuggets
Clinical Scenarios
Physiology Fundamentals
100

Smallest bone in body

What is a Stapes?

100

Suffix “-itis” means?

What is Inflammation

100

Lobe for vision?

What is occipital?

100

Low RBC count is called

What is Anemia?

100

Molecule carrying O₂ in blood

What is Hemoglobin?

200

Muscle separating chest & abdomen

What is a Diaphragm?

200

Suffix for malignant neoplasm

What is carcinoma?

200

A prolonged state of deep unconsciousness where a person cannot be awakened and is unresponsive to their environment

What is coma?

200

Yellowing of the skin and eyes.

What is Jaundice?

200

Which chamber of the heart pumps blood into the systemic circulation?

What is Left Ventricle?

300

Which hormone stimulates red blood cell production in the bone marrow?

What is Erythropoietin?

300

CT stands for

What i Computed Tomography?

300

Neurotransmitter for muscle contraction?

What is acetylcholine?

300

Appendicitis pain starts in which quadrant?

What is Right Lower Quadrant?

300

A patient with difficulty breathing when lying flat is experiencing what symptom?

What is Orthopnea?

400

Cardiac valve(s) closed during systole

What is Mitral & Tricuspid?

400

H&E in "H&E stain" stands for

What is Hematoxylin and Eosin?

400

Structure connecting the two cerebral hemispheres allowing for cross communication

What is Corpus Callosum?

400

A patient with chest pain radiating to the left arm may be experiencing what emergency?

What is MI (Heart attack)?

400

What is the term for the volume of air exchanged during normal breathing?

What is Tidal Volume?

500
Bundle of nerves at the end of the spinal cord

What is Cauda Equina?

500

Another name for BP cuff

What is sphygmomanometer

500

Ion needed for neurotransmitter release at the NMJ?

What is Calcium?

500

A patient suddenly develops weakness on one side of the body and slurred speech. What condition should be most suspected?

What is Stroke?

500

Mechanism behind pulmonary edema in relation to the Heart (be specific)

What is Left-sided Heart Failure?