Medical Conditions
Condition that progresses from HIV, and causes severe immuno-suppression due to lack of WBC's
AIDS
Cranium
A spectrum disorder where people have differences or difficulties in social communication and interaction, a need or strong preference for predictability and routine, sensory processing differences, focused interests, and repetitive behaviors
Autism Spectrum Disorder
A doctor who studies and treats heart disorders
Cardiologist
The study of the brain, spinal chord, and nervous system.
Neurology
A clot in the brain that prevents blood from flowing to other areas of the brain, resulting in the death of neurons
Stroke
The largest bone in the human body is the ___
Femur
A trauma induced condition in which a person can experience night terrors, vivid flashbacks, emotional burdens, and hypervigilance
PTSD
A doctor who studies and treats cancer
Oncologist
The body's chemical energy source, synthesized by the mitochondria
ATP
A neurodegenerative condition where harmful proteins such as tau tangles and amyloid beta plaques accumulate on neural tissue. The condition is commonly known for its degenerative memory loss.
Alzheimer's Dementia
The word for your knee cap is the ___
patella
A condition classified by obsessions that are followed up with compulsions to lessen the anxiety caused by them.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
A lung doctor
Pulmonologist
The prefix hemo- refers to what?
Blood
A condition where heart rate rapidly speeds up when a person moves from laying down to standing. It can also cause poor circulation, fainting, and other comorbidities.
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Radius and Ulna
A condition characterized by the cyclic manic/hypomanic, and major depressive episodes that can last from days to weeks
Bipolar Disorder
A doctor who studies and treats kidney disorders
The state of the body when fat is burned for energy instead of glucose
ketosis
When the myelin sheath of a neuron deteriorates, leading to cognitive impairment
Multiple Sclerosis
The bones in your wrist are called the ___
Carpals
Supported by the Dopamine Hypothesis and represented in Dora the explorer, the following mental illness is characterized by hallucinations and catatonia
Schizophrenia
Doctor who studies disease
Pathologist
An IV that is inserted to provide straight access to the superior vena cava to provide long term access to vein.