Houston facts
Principles of Ultrasound
History of MvD Surgery
Parkinson's Disease
'CAM's Club
100

Football team name during the 1980s with helmet featured here:

Who are the Oilers?

100

Ultrasound energy is above the normal hearing range for humans, called this. 

What is audible or acoustic?

100

Swedish Neurosurgeon who pioneered the ring and arc system and now has a headframe in his name. 

Who is Lars Leksell?

100

If this famous actor went back to the future he may have chosen FUS instead of GK for his Parkinsonian Tremors.

Who is Michael J Fox?

100

To sleep outside in a tent

What is 'camp'?

200

A child of Destiny and of Houston, this artist has sold over 120 million records worldwide and was Billboard's Top Female Artist of the Decade.

Who is Beyonce?

200

Bats use this term for ultrasonic ranging to locate pray and navigate.

What is echolocation?

200

The Father of Neurosurgery, seen here in his alma mater Johns Hopkins.

Who is Harvey Cushing?

200

English doctor who first described the symptoms of Shaking Palsy.

Who is James Parkinson?

200

An organized course of action to achieve a goal, as in politics.

What is campaign?

300

This long-time Houston resident was the first American woman to win gymnastics all around gold at the 1984 Olympics.

Who is Mary Lou Retton?

300

The body part we are looking at in this labelled ultrasound.

What is the wrist?

300

French Neurosurgeon Alim Louis Benabid was the first to publish on the effect of chronic stimulation as a therapeutic method for treatment of this well know anatomical target. 

What is the VIM nucleus?

300

Loss of postural reflexes, rest tremor, bradykinesia and this are considered the four cardinal symptoms of PD.

What is rigidity?
300

The New York Times stirred controversy from far and wide, including the state of Texas and then President Obama, when a recipe writer suggested adding green peas to this. 

What is gaucamole?

400

This Billion Dollar Buyer's was listed as Forbes's Richest Restauranteur with a net worth of 6.6 Billion. 

Who is Tilman Fertitta?

400

The type of physician who would may be measuring this adult kidney. 

What is a nephrologist?

400

For over a decade, the most cited neurosurgeon in the world and Editor in Chief for the Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (and big FUS advocate).

What is Andres Lozano?

400

The discovery of and development of medical treatment for this amino acid led to a decline in stereotactic surgery.  

What is L-DOPA?

400

The 'Bactrian' is the two-humped kind

What is a camel?
500

Astronaut that Tom Hanks is portraying when delivering the famous (and often misquoted) line from the Apollo 13 mission. 

Who is Jim Lovell?

500

The emission of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound.

What is Sonoluminescence?

500

Development of axial CT imaging allowed visualization of the internal capsule, replacing the need to perform this dangerous imaging method for identifying the inter-commissural plain. 

What is a ventriculogram?

500

These abnormal aggregations of protein are found inside nerve cells of Parkinson's patients, specifically those with dementia symptoms. 

What are Lewy Bodies?

500

The study of bell casting and ringing.

What is campanology?