Premed Pop Culture
This long-running medical drama set in Seattle follows the personal and professional lives of a team of Surgeons.
What is Grey's Anatomy?
In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered this substance, which became the world’s first widely used antibiotic.
What is penicillin?
This organ pumps blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
These organelles are known as the “powerhouses” of the cell because they produce ATP.
What are mitochondria?
This viral disease caused a global pandemic in 2020.
What is COVID-19?
This major health insurance company was led by CEO Brian Thompson, who was fatally shot outside a Manhattan hotel on December 4, 2024.
What is UnitedHealthcare?
In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick described this structure that carries genetic information.
What is DNA (double helix)?
This soft tissue inside bones produces red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
What is bone marrow?
This type of bond forms when electrons are shared between two atoms.
What is a covalent bond?
This mosquito-borne virus causes fever, joint pain, and sometimes birth defects in newborns.
What is Zika virus?
In The Good Doctor, Dr. Shaun Murphy is a surgeon living with this condition.
What is autism (autism spectrum disorder)?
This ancient Greek physician is often called the “Father of Medicine.”
Who is Hippocrates?
These tiny air sacs in the lungs allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to be exchanged with the blood.
What are alveoli?
This functional group contains a carbon double-bonded to oxygen and single-bonded to a hydroxyl group.
What is a carboxylic acid?
This bacterial disease, historically called “the Black Death,” killed millions in 14th-century Europe.
What is bubonic plague?
This actor plays Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch in The Pitt.
Who is Noah Wyle?
In 1865, this French scientist developed the first widely accepted germ theory of disease, proving microbes caused infections.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
This is the normal heart rate for the average person, measured in bpm (beats per minute).
What is 60-100 beats per minute?
Newton’s third law states that for every action, there is a _____ reaction.
This genetic disorder causes thick mucus in the lungs and digestive tract, leading to severe respiratory and digestive problems.
What is cystic fibrosis?
This Black emergency medicine physician is a regular medical correspondent on Good Morning America.
Who is Dr. Darien Sutton?
In 1967, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful operation of this kind, saving the life of Louis Washkansky in South Africa.
What is a heart transplant?
These structures in the nephron of the kidney filter blood to produce urine.
What are glomeruli?
The final product of glycolysis, which can then enter the mitochondria for aerobic respiration or be converted to lactate under anaerobic conditions.
What is pyruvate?
A severe bacterial infection leading to paralysis and potentially death. (Hint: The Zimmer family died from this disease!)
What is botulism?