Medical Terms
This word means feeling sick to your stomach
What is nausea?
This organ pumps blood throughout the body
What is the heart?
This disease is caused by a lack of insulin or the body not using insulin properly
What is diabetes?
This is when a doctor gives you a shot to help prevent disease
What is a vaccine?
This healthcare professional takes care of patients and assists doctors
Who is a nurse?
This word means inflammation of the lungs
What is pneumonia?
This organ is responsible for filtering blood and producing urine
What are the kidneys?
This disease affects the lungs and makes it hard to breathe
What is asthma?
This emergency procedure restarts the heart using chest compressions
What is CPR?
This professional studies and interprets medical images like X-rays and MRIs
Who is a radiologist?
This term describes a sudden loss of blood flow to part of the brain
What is a stroke?
This is the largest organ in the human body
What is the skin?
This disease is caused by a virus, but antibiotics will NOT treat it
What is the flu?
This procedure does not use radiation, even though many people think it does
What is an MRI?
This healthcare worker responds to emergency call and provides care in ambulances
Who is an EMT?
This term means a disease that spreads easily from person to person
What is contagious?
This part of the brain controls balance and coordination
What is the cerebellum?
This condition is not caused by bacteria or viruses. but by the body attacking itself
what is an autoimmune disease?
This procedure uses sound waves to create pictures inside the body
What is an ultrasound?
This professional specializes in treating diseases of the heart
Who is a cardiologist?
This medical term means an allergic reaction that can be life threatening
What is anaphylaxis?
This body system includes the brain, spinal cord, and nerves, but is NOT the skeletal system
What is the nervous system?
This genetic blood disorder causes red blood cells to be shaped like crescents
What is sickle cell disease?
This procedure removes a small sample of tissue for testing, not the entire organ
What is a biopsy?
This professional works in the operating room but is not the surgeon
Who is a an anesthesiologist?