Anatomy
$100: What is the largest organ in the human body?
Answer: The skin
$100: What does "tachy-" mean?
Fast or rapid.
$100: This healthcare professional takes your temperature, checks your blood pressure, and helps with basic patient care.
Answer: Nurse
$100: This condition often begins in childhood and causes wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath when triggered by allergens or exercise.
Answer: Asthma
$100: This procedure involves replacing a failing organ, such as the heart, liver, or kidney, with a healthy one from a donor.
Answer: Organ transplant
$200: Name the four chambers of the heart.
Answer: Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle.
$200: What does "hypertension" mean?
Answer: High blood pressure.
$200: This doctor specializes in treating children from birth through adolescence.
Answer: Pediatrician
$200: This brain disease slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, mostly in older adults, and is the most common form of dementia.
Answer: Alzheimer’s disease
$200: This procedure is commonly done to remove a small part of the skin or tissue for testing, often to check for cancer.
Answer: Biopsy
$300: What type of joint is the knee?
Answer: Hinge joint.
$300: What does "brady-" refer to?
Answer: Slow.
$300: This type of doctor performs operations in a sterile environment, often with a team of nurses and assistants.
Surgeon
$300: This neurological disorder can cause seizures and is linked to abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
Answer: Epilepsy
$300: This procedure involves removing the appendix and is typically performed in cases of appendicitis.
Answer: Appendectomy
$400: What is the function of the liver?
To detoxify substances, produce bile, and metabolize nutrients.
$400: What does "hemato-" refer to?
Answer: Blood.
$400: This type of physician focuses on diagnosing diseases by examining body tissues and fluids, often in a lab setting rather than seeing patients directly.
Answer: Pathologist
$400: This genetic blood disorder causes red blood cells to become misshapen, leading to pain and poor oxygen delivery.
Answer: Sickle cell anemia
$400: This surgery involves the removal of the uterus, typically performed for conditions like uterine fibroids, cancer, or endometriosis.
Answer: Hysterectomy
$500: Name the primary tissues in the human body.
Epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous tissue.
$500: What does "myopathy" mean?
Answer: A disease or disorder of the skeletal muscles.
$500: This type of doctor specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders related to hormones and glands, such as diabetes or thyroid issues (endocrine system).
Answer: Endocrinologist
$500: This serious condition occurs when the body’s immune system attacks the brain and spinal cord, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis, and sometimes death.
Answer: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
$500: This now-outdated procedure was once used to treat various mental health conditions by surgically severing connections in the prefrontal cortex, often leading to drastic changes in behaviour and personality.
Answer: Lobotomy