Neuroscience
To the closest pound, how heavy is the average adult brain?
Three pounds
What causes people to develop Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, which results in loss of brain neurons?
Lack of thiamine (B1)
What country is polio still endemic to?
Afghanistan
What is the largest vein in the human body?
The inferior vena cava
Who was the first to strongly advocate the use of chloroform as a general anesthetic during the labor of childbirth?
James Simpson
Damage to the ocuolomotor nerve can abuse which of the following symptoms?
Ptosis, or dropping eyelid
This syndrome was formerly known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI)?
Dravet syndrome
This dangerous ingredient was in the patent medicine, Donovan’s Solution, which was used to treat arthritis and diabetes
Arsenic
A patient with an anterior ______ ligament (ACL) tear may need surgery, but at the very least will need to take a break from their exercise routine or sports
Cruciate
Which physician discovered how to prevent puerperal fever in child birth by introducing antiseptic procedures in the delivery ward?
Ignaz P. Semmelweis
Which type of dopamine receptor has been found to be hypersensitive in schizophrenia and amenable to change with a majority of antipsychotic medications?
D2
A ———- is a tangle of blood vessels that creates irregular connections between arteries and veins in the brain
Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
Americans use 16,000 tons of what medication each year?
Aspirin
What hereditary blood defect is known as "the royal disease"?
Hemophilia
Who discovered streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective for the treatment of tuberculosis, for which he was named Nobel Laureate in Medicine in 1952?
Selman A. Waksman
The superior olivary nucleus sends information to both inferior colliculi via which tract?
Lateral lemniscus
This is a developmental disorder characterized by incomplete separation of the forebrain during embryogenesis
Holoprosencephaly
What year was the first test tube baby born?
1978
What two areas does Deep Brain Stimulation target for Parkinson’s Disease?
Subthalamic nucleus and internal segment of the Globus Pallidus
Who was the doctor who performed the first successful heart transplant?
Christiaan Barnard
What is the first cell in the visual pathway to produce an action potential?
Amacrine cell
This brain condition showcases itself in the EEG via brush strokes in the delta range
Anti-NMDA encephalitis
Execution by lethal injection involves administration of several drugs, one of them being sodium thiopental. What is the important molecular target?
Target: Agonist of GABAa, which works as anesthesia
Fracture of the proximal or middle third of the ulna with associated radial head dislocation/instability
Monteggia fracture
What 19th and early 20th century German psychologist was the first person to separate psychology from biological medicine, and was the first person to refer to psychology as his profession? This man with a “W” name was one of the earliest researchers into human memory.
Wilhelm Wundt