My grandmother went to the doctor complaining of pain in her joints. An x-ray showed that the cartilage between her joints had worn down and she was diagnosed with _______.
What is arthritis.
100
The labeling on the cigarette pack indicated that the cigarettes were __________.
What is carcinogenic.
100
Sweat glands are an example of _________ glands, because they secrete water to the outside of your body.
What is exocrine.
100
The surgeon had to first perform a ___________ in order to transplant the new stomach into the patient.
What is gastrectomy.
100
After a __________ is made, a doctor is able to make a _______ which is an educated prediction about the patient's progression of disease.
What is diagnosis and prognosis.
200
My aunt's salivary gland was swollen and she was concerned that she had ________. After further tests, however, a mass was found and she was diagnosed with _______.
What is adenitis and adenoma.
200
My brother studies ___________, which means he often treats patients that have suffered a ________ arrest.
What is cardiology and cardiac.
200
My cousin is an __________, his specialty is the pituitary gland which controls hormone secretion.
What is endocrinologist.
200
My brother studies ___________ so he thoroughly understands how digestion works in the body.
What is gastroenterology.
200
I have a friend who studies _________. I bet that he would know how to treat your _______. That's what it is called when your skin is inflamed.
What is dermatology and dermatitis.
300
My brother was diagnosed with ________ after it was shown that he had an unusually low red blood cell count.
What is anemia.
300
My sister studies __________. Her favorite microbes are Staph aureus.
What is cytology.
300
After his stroke, my grandfather had an _______ in order to determine how his brain was affected.
What is electroencephalogram.
300
The veterinarian was forced to perform a _____ in order to remove a remote that the dog had swallowed.
What is gastrotomy.
300
My cousin was experiencing both _________ and _______ after jogging on the uneven hiking trail yesterday.
What is myalgia and arthralgia.
400
The ________ showed that the patient died of an undiagnosed __________, which was found in his pituitary gland.
What is autopsy and adenoma.
400
The ___________ showed that there was significant swelling of the patient's urinary bladder and they were diagnosed with _________.
What is cystoscopy and cystitis.
400
The doctor used an _________ during the _________ in order to see if there was any blockage in the patient's arteries.
What is endoscope and endoscopy.
400
The patient was suffering _________ pains, caused by a peptic ulcer in the lining of her stomach.
What is gastric.
400
The doctor needed to do a __________ of patient's stomach lining in order to see what it was infected with. First, she made an __________ and then made an __________ in order to remove the piece of tissue.
What is biopsy, incision, excision.
500
The ______ indicated an infection was localized in the area of the lateral jugular nymph nodes.
What is adenopathy.
500
My friend was in a car accident last weekend and he sustained a ______ injury when he hit his head on the windshield. We thought he would be fine, however when he didn't wake up after the accident, a CAT scan showed that his cerebrum had been damaged and that he had sustained a _______ injury.
What is cephalic and cerebral.
500
If you have anemia then you have a decreased amount of ________.
What is erythrocytes.
500
The endoscopy showed that the patient's stomach lining was inflamed and they were diagnosed with __________.
What is gastritis.
500
_________ is a blood condition where patients who suffer from it have a significant decreased amount of ________.