Body Systems
This organ in the chest consists of 4 chambers.
What is the heart?
This chronic respiratory disease causes airway inflammation and wheezing, often managed with an inhaler.
What is asthma?
People with severe allergies may carry this device on them for an emergency dose of epinephrine.
What is an EpiPen?
This primary lifesaving procedure combines chest compressions and rescue breaths to restore circulation during cardiac arrest.
What is CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)?
This human organ, when completely unwound and laid out, measures about 20 to 22 feet in total.
What is the small intestine?
This pair of organs is responsible for filtering out waste from blood and producing urine.
What are the kidneys?
This disease is often associated with iron deficiency, causing pale skin and fatigue due to a lack of hemoglobin in red blood cells.
What is anemia?
This type of medication is used to treat bacterial infections.
What are antibiotics?
This emergency device can be used to "shock" a patient back to a normal rhythm in cases of cardiac arrest.
What is an AED/defibrillator?
This is the strongest material found in the human body.
What is tooth enamel?
This bone, commonly known as the collarbone, connects the scapula (shoulder blade) to the sternum.
What is the clavicle?
This type of disease is characterized by joint pain and stiffness, and often appears with age.
What is arthritis?
This is the pharmaceutical name of painkillers such as Advil.
What is ibuprofen?
This is a medical emergency where a blood clot is restricting blood flow to the brain.
What is a stroke?
Because this organ has no pain receptors of its own, surgeons can operate on it while the patient is awake and talking.
What is the brain?
This valve, also called the bicuspid valve, sits between the left atrium and left ventricle.
What is the mitral valve?
This inherited disorder causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs and digestive tract.
What is cystic fibrosis?
A person whose kidneys cannot function on their own may undergo this type of treatment where their blood is filtered through a machine.
What is dialysis?
This four-letter acronym helps people recognize the signs of a stroke.
What is FAST (Face drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call 911)?
This part of the eye has no blood supply and gets its oxygen directly from the air.
What is the cornea?
About a million of these tiny filtering units are found in each kidney.
Answer: What are nephrons?
In this autoimmune disease, the immune system attacks the myelin sheath around nerves in the brain and spinal cord.
What is multiple sclerosis?
Patients taking the blood thinner warfarin are told to keep their intake of this vitamin consistent, since it helps blood clot.
What is vitamin K?
According to current guidelines, chest compressions during adult CPR should be delivered at this rate per minute.
What is 100 to 120 compressions per minute?
The smallest bone in the human body, found in the middle ear and shaped like a stirrup.
What is the stapes?