Medical Facts
This body part has no pain receptors, which is why brain surgery can sometimes be done while you’re awake
What is the brain?
You sneeze, cough, and your nose runs. What do you probably have?
What is a cold?
The smallest bones in your body are found in this spooky sense organ.
What is the ear?
This sugary condition could definitely give a dentist nightmares.
What is diabetes?
Eating too much candy in one night can give you this temporary stomach problem.
What is a stomach ache?
Your body has 206 of these hard structures that give you shape and support.
What are bones?
You’re dizzy and your vision goes black when standing up too fast. What’s happening?
What is low blood pressure?
These “vampire” cells deliver oxygen throughout your body.
What are red blood cells?
This medical professional literally sucks blood for a living.
What is a phlebotomist?
Walking around trick-or-treating without drinking water can lead to this.
What is dehydration?
True or False? Fingernails grow faster than toenails.
True
You have a fever and chills — your body’s fighting off what?
What is an infection?
This part of your brain controls balance and movement.
What is the cerebellum?
Doctors and nurses do this before treating a patient to stop the spread of germs.
What is washing their hands?
If you eat a lot of sticky candy and don’t brush your teeth, you risk this common dental problem.
What are cavities / tooth decay?
This part of your eye controls how much light gets in.
What is the pupil?
A zombie walks up behind you and you run away.
What is a fight-or-flight response?
True or False? The small intestine is 10 feet long.
False, it's 22 feet long.
If your heart suddenly stops beating, this electric device can restart it.
What is a defibrillator?
Dressing in layers and wearing a costume in hot weather can make you feel overheated, which could lead to this.
What is heat exhaustion?
If you laid out all of these vessels in your body, they’d stretch about 60,000 miles — enough to wrap around the Earth twice.
What are blood vessels?
You feel weak and lightheaded after a vampire sucks your blood.
What is blood loss?
When your “heart skips a beat,” it’s because of this type of irregular heartbeat.
What is an arrhythmia?
If you’re allergic to peanuts and stop breathing, this device could save your life.
What is an EpiPen (epinephrine injector)?
Skipping dinner and eating only candy can lead to this kind of energy crash?
What is low blood sugar / hypoglycemia?