Basic Anatomy
A patient is stabbed in the chest and loses a lot of blood quickly. Doctors focus on saving this organ that pumps blood.
What is the heart?
A genetic test is performed to look for mutations in the molecule that stores hereditary information.
What is DNA?
A patient visits a cardiologist for chest pain. The prefix in that specialty refers to this organ.
What is the heart?
A nurse checks a patient's temperature and says it's normal at around this value.
What is 98.7F?
A doctor explains that everything in the body—including oxygen and carbon dioxide—is made of tiny units of matter called these.
What are atoms?
A patient has trouble breathing, and doctors say gas exchange isn't happening properly in the tiny air sacs of the lungs.
What are alveoli?
A doctor explains that cancer involves uncontrolled cell division, meaning this normal process is no longer regulated/
What is mitosis?
A patient is diagnosed with arthritis. The suffix "-itis" tells you this is happening.
What is inflammation?
A patient with poor circulation has problems delivering oxygen throughout the body via this system.
What is the circulatory system?
A medication works by forming bonds where electrons are shared between atoms. What type of bond is this?
What is a covalent bond?
A burn victim is treated for damage to the body's largest organ.
What is the skin?
A muscle cell needs more energy during exercise, so it uses more of these organelles.
What are mitochondria?
A neurologist treats diseases involving this body system.
What is the nervous system?
A patient with little sun exposure is deficient in this vitamin.
What is Vitamin D?
A doctor explains that when sodium loses an electron, it becomes positively charged. What is this type of particle called?
What is a cation?
A patient falls and hits their head. Doctors are concerned about injury to the structure that protects the brain.
What is the skull?
A plant-based diet relies on organisms that make their own food using sunlight through this process.
What is photosynthesis?
A hematologist studies disorders involving this substance in the body.
What is blood?
A patient with anemia has low levels of the protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells.
What is hemoglobin?
A patient with muscle cramps is low in charged particles like sodium and potassium. What are these called?
What are electrolytes?
A patient is dizzy and cannot keep their balance after a head injury affecting this brain region.
What is the cerebellum?
A mutation affects the molecule that delivers amino acids during protein synthesis.
What is tRNA?
A patient with osteoporosis has weakening in this type of tissue.
What is bone?
A diabetic patient has problems regulating blood sugar due to problems with this organ.
What is the pancreas?
A patient in critical condition has a blood pH that is too low. What condition is this called?
What is acidosis?