Medical terminology
Which medical term from the Latin terms for “blood” and “break forth” refers to a lot of bleeding, which can be life-threatening?
Hemorrhage
Blood levels of A1C, or hemoglobin chemically linked to a sugar, are commonly used to determine whether an individual has what medical condition?
Diabetes
His name lives on in the form of an oath of ethics taken by medical practitioners. Which ancient Greek physician is known as the "Father of Medicine"?
Hippocrates
Gaining popularity as weight loss treatments, Ozempic and Wegovy are GLP-1 receptor agonists that are mainly used to treat what chronic medical condition?
Diabetes
René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec came up with the idea for what medical listening device because he was uncomfortable putting his head on a lady’s chest to auscultate her heart and lungs?
stethoscope
Which medical term that comes from the Ancient Greek for “deep sleep” refers to a prolonged state of being unconscious and unresponsive?
Coma
What is a normal blood PH?
7.35-7.45
Which medication, named after the inventors wife "Rita", was initially used solely as a weight loss medication before being marketed for attention deficit disorders?
Ritalin
In the medical field, what is the name for a tube typically made of plastic or metal that is inserted into the lumen of a vessel or duct with the goal of keeping a passageway open?
Stent
Announced in 2020, the program AlphaFold 2 became record-settingly good at using AI algorithms to accurately predict the structure of what biomolecules?
Proteins
Somnambulism is the fancy medical word for which sleep disorder where you partake in a specific physical activity while you’re asleep? (Hint: It’s more common in kids and can be downright creepy to witness—luckily, they usually outgrow it).
Sleep walking
What is a normal range for potassium in the blood?
3.5-5 mEq/L
In 2000, Intuitive Surgical Company launched a robotic surgical system to assist surgeons with everything from prostate removals to heart valve repairs. The system was named after which famous artist who was known for his anatomical drawings and a portrait of a smirking lady?
Leonardo da Vinci
What should you take for a cold with a fever to reduce symptoms. Tylenol or Ibuprofen?
Tylenol as it is an anti-pyretic medication that will help the fever
EKG is shorthand for what 17-letter medical device that records the electrical signals that occur in the heart?
Electrocardiogram
Which medical term comes from the Greek word for “without breathing”
Apnea
What does it mean to have high MCV, low RBC and a slightly low HgB levels in your blood?
Macrocytic/Iron deficiency anemia
What group responsible for global medical well-being was formed by the United Nations after World War II, combining the efforts of groups like the International Sanitary Conferences. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, its three-letter acronym looks like a question.
World Health Organization
You find a person laying unconscious on the ground. You try to rouse them and notice they are breathing and have a pulse, but its faint and they are not responding. What is the best action to take next?
What life-saving medical screening tool that uses ionizing radiation can be traced back to 1913, when German surgeon Albert Salomon performed X-rays on 3,000 mastectomies?
mammogram
The medical term is “piloerection” or “horripilation,” but what’s the most common name for this commonly occurring reaction of the skin?
goosebumps
What are the 4 electrolytes that most effect your heart?
Potassium, magnesium, sodium and calcium
Dr. Paul Lauterbur and physicist Sir Peter Mansfield were awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing what imaging system in the late 1970s and early 1980s?
MRI
Veklury is the brand name of what Gilead broad-spectrum antiviral drug, which was approved on an emergency basis in about 50 countries as a treatment for COVID-19?
Remdesivir
A kocher is what kind of surgical tool that can be used to stop bleeding or hold on to dense tissues?
A clamp