Anatomy&Physiology
This bone, commonly known as the collarbone, connects the arm to the body
Clavicle
The prefix "brady" means
slow
Drugs that alleviate pain are known as
analgesic
Greek physician who has an oath named after him, also known as the "Father of Medicine"
Hippocrates
This process involves the divisions of cell's nucleus, resulting in two identical daughter cells
Mitosis
The largest organ in the human body, which serves as a barrier and helps regulate body temperature, is the...
The suffix for the surgical removal of a body part is
-ectomy
Half-life is the time it takes for the concentration of a drug in the bloodstream to be reduced by...
50%
French microbiologist who developed vaccines for rabies and anthrax, also known as the "Father of Microbiology"
Louis Pasteur
The central dogma describes that genetic infromation flows from DNA to RNA to ...
protein
This structure, also known as the voice box, contains the vocal cords and is located in the neck
Larynx
The prefix "tachy" means
Fast
The class of drugs that reduce fever and inflammation, for example Ibuprofen
NSAIDs
The physician known for developing the "talking cure", which is now part of the psychodynamic therapy
Sigmund Freud
Concept that involves the inheritance of traits through dominant and recessive alleles, named after the scientist that discovered it
Mendelian inheritance
This physiological process involves the movement of water from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration
Osmosis
Cholecystectomy refers to
the removal of the gallbladder
The purpose of a diuretic is to promote
secretion of urine
This technique made sterilization in surgical practice standard to reduce infection risk
Antiseptic technique
Genetic variation when a single nucleotide in the DNA sequence is changed that can lead to genetic disorders
Point mutation
The process in by which glucose is broken down to produce ATP in the presence of oxygen is
Aerobic Respiration
Sphygmomanometer is
instrument to measure blood pressure
The class of drugs used to prevent blood clot formation is
anticoagulants
The discovery of this element led to the development of X-ray imaging
Radium
Cycle part of cellular respiration occurring in the mitochondria to make high-energy electron carriers used in the electron transport chain
Krebs cycle