Medications
A hormone that regulates the amount of glucose in the blood and is used to treat Type I diabetes.
What is insulin?
About how many different types of cancer are there?
A) 20
B) 100
C) 300
D) 1000
B) 100
The kidney is an essential organ of this system.
What is the urinary system?
As a five year old with a cold, your parents took you to this type of doctor.
What is a pediatrician?
Also known as the thigh bone, this is the largest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
This drug is present in Advil, Motrin, and other pain relief medications.
What is ibuprofen?
This disease is known for causing severe memory loss and confusion.
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
The body system that allows for movement, provides support, and creates blood cells.
What is the skeletal system?
This specialist is a go-to for the Kardashians.
What is a plastic surgeon?
This lobe in the brain is responsible for vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
A person is highly allergic to peanuts, but accidentally ingests peanut butter. To avoid anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction, someone gives this medication to them that shuts down the allergic response.
What is Epinephrine (Epipen)?
This disease is a serious bacterial lung infection, and used to be referred to as “consumption”
What is tuberculosis?
Body system that delivers oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body?
What is the circulatory/cardiovascular system?
You visit this specialist when you are having trouble seeing the whiteboard.
What is an optometrist?
This artery carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart and to the rest of the body.
What is the aorta?
This is an opioid medication often used in hospitals to treat moderate to severe pain.
What is Morphine?
This disease was eradicated in the public during the twentieth century after a vaccination was discovered by Edward Jenner.
What is smallpox?
The spleen is a part of which body system?
A) Cardiovascular
B) Endocrine
C) Digestive
D) Lymphatic
D) Lymphatic
This person makes sure you are unconscious when you are heading into a surgery
What is an anesthesiologist?
This part of the brain controls homeostasis and links the endocrine system to the nervous system.
What is the hypothalamus?