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100

Uses ultrasound machines, magnetic resonance imagers, and other high-tech equipment to help diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries.

What is Radiology Technician?

100

A calculation that estimates how much body fat a person has based on his or her weight and height.

What is Body Mass Index?

100

The period when you change from childhood to adulthood.

What is adolescence & puberty? 

100

A medical test commonly performed by a surgeon, an interventional radiologist, or an interventional cardiologist. The process involves the extraction of sample cells or tissues for examination to determine the presence or extent of a disease.

What is a biopsy?

100

Bipolar disorder, OCD, PTSD, and Schizophrenia.

What are psychiatric disorders?

200

Professional that focuses on restoring body movement. Cares for patients with chronic pain, with work- or sports-related injuries, with arthritis, or who are recovering from stroke.

What is a physical therapist?

200

______ substances reduce functional or nervous activity. 

What is a depressant?

200

According to most medical journals, teens need how many hours of sleep each night? (Give a range)

What is 8-9?

200

Usually happens in your abdomen or groin, when one of your organs pushes through the muscle or tissue that contains it. It may look like an odd bulge that comes and goes during different activities or in different positions.

What is a hernia?

200

____ are abnormal immune system reactions to things that are typically harmless to most people. When children or adults experience this, their immune system mistakenly believes that this substance is harmful to their body.

What are allergies?

300

A neurosurgeon operates on the brain and the spine, and handles cases of brain aneurysms and management of pain and movement disorders, among others. How many years of schooling does it take to do this?

What is four years of medical school plus seven years of additional training in residency? Total: 15 years

300

The following are the most common _________: -anorexia nervosa -bulimia nervosa (usually called simply "anorexia" and "bulimia")

What are eating disorders?

300

When a pore gets clogged up and closes but bulges out from the skin, you're left with a whitehead. When a pore gets clogged up but stays open, the top surface can darken and you're left with a blackhead. When the wall of the pore opens, allowing sebum, bacteria, and dead skin cells to make their way under the skin — and you're left with a small, red bump called a pimple.

What is Acne?

300

When a bone fractures and comes into contact with an outside environment via a break in the skin. 

What is a compound fracture?

300

There are more ___________ in your mouth than there are people in the world.

What is bacteria?

400

Standardized test required for admission to veterinary schools 

What is the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)

400

When bacteria or viruses get into a person's digestive system, the body reacts by trying to rid itself of the infection usually through these two methods:

What is vomiting or diarrhea?

400

A lung condition that causes difficulty breathing. It's a common condition. Lots of people have this, from young kids to the elderly.

What is asthma?

400

A dog-specific pathogen that attacks rapidly dividing cells in the intestines. An affected dog becomes sick quickly, and their impaired immune system cannot fight back. Without treatment, many infected puppies die from dehydration or blood infection (i.e., sepsis), but treatment boosts the survival rate.

What is parvovirus?

400

The average pregnancy is ____ long with ___ trimesters?

What is 40 weeks or 10 months, and 3 trimesters?

500

In the course of a single day, how many gallons of blood does your heart pump to your body and what is the name of the doctor you would see about your heart?

What is Approximately 2,000 gallons and Cardiologist?

500

True or False & Explain Why? Playing sorts Pablo began to experience the following symptoms:-chest pain - trouble breathing - dizziness -feeling faint or passing out. If he drinks a glass of water, he will be just fine.

What is False? Only a doctor can figure out what's going on with Pablo & water cannot relieve serious chest pain.

500

Not only do they work together, they also work with the brain, muscles, and nerves to produce complicated images and messages. And they constantly adapt to the changing environment — for example, they are able to adjust so that we can easily move around in a nearly dark room or bright sunlight.

What are eyes?

500

______ is transmitted through infected ticks. 

Lyme disease

500

What types of cancers can you get from inhaling nicotine?

What is - Lung Cancer - Throat Cancer - Tongue Cancer