MEDLIFE Movement
What does MEDLIFE stand for?
Medicine Education and Development for Low-Income Families Everywhere
This condition occurs when the body cannot properly regulate blood sugar levels.
What is diabetes?
This type of bond forms when electrons are shared between two atoms.
What is a covalent bond?
This large organ in the upper right abdomen helps detoxify blood and produce bile.
What is the liver?
The medical term “hematology” refers to the study of this component of the body.
What is blood?
True or False: MedLife is a for-profit organization.
What is False?
This neurodegenerative disorder causes progressive memory loss and is the most common cause of dementia in older adults.
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
The smallest unit of an element that still retains its chemical properties is called this.What is an atom?
What is an atom?
This chamber of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs.
What is the left atrium?
This medical term describes abnormally high blood pressure.
What is hypertension?
A $5 donation provides a child with:
What is Dental hygiene kit?
This autoimmune disorder causes the immune system to attack the myelin sheath of nerves.
What is multiple sclerosis (MS)?
This type of reaction absorbs energy from its surroundings.
What is an endothermic reaction?
This structure in the brain connects the left and right hemispheres and allows communication between them.
What is the corpus callosum?
HR stands for this measurement.
What is heart rate?
A $25 donation helps provide:
School supplies
This genetic disorder is caused by a mutation in the CFTR gene and primarily affects the lungs and digestive system.
What is cystic fibrosis?
This law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton’s Third Law of Motion?
This large muscle located beneath the lungs plays a key role in breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
The prefix “endo-” means this location relative to a structure or organ.This emergency acronym FAST helps identify the warning signs of a stroke.
What is within or inside?
What is MEDLIFE's goal to raise this year (nearest 50k)?
500,000
This disorder is characterized by bones becoming weak and brittle due to calcium loss.
What is osteoporosis?
Compounds with the same formula but mirror-image structures are called this.
What are enantiomers?
These specialized cells in the pancreas produce insulin.
What are beta cells?
This medical term describes the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel.
What is thrombosis?