True or False
You only use 10% of your brain.
Pointy teeth used for tearing food.
This device listens to your heartbeat and lungs.
What is a stethoscope?
This is the largest organ of the human body, covering and protecting it.
What is the skin?
A common way to prevent the spread of infections in hospitals is washing these thoroughly.
What are hands?
Eating carrots does not help improve vision.
True
The soft tissue inside your mouth that holds your teeth.
What is the gums?
A basic test that checks the electrical activity of your heart.
What is an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)?
This organ pumps blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
This is the field that focuses on preventing disease and promoting health in communities.
What is public health?
Antibiotics can only treat bacterial infections.
True
The hard, white part of the tooth that you brush
What is enamel?
This imaging technique uses strong magnets and radio waves to make detailed images of organs and soft tissues.
What is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)?
These are the basic building blocks of all living organisms.
What are cells?
This branch of medicine studies and treats cancer.
What is oncology?
You only have five senses.
False
(balance, pain, etc)
A toothpaste ingredient that helps prevent cavities.
What is fluoride?
This imaging method uses high-frequency sound waves to see internal organs, blood flow, or a developing fetus.
What is ultrasound?
These vessels carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
Patients must give this before any medical procedure.
What is informed consent?
You should drink 8 glasses of water per day.
False
(most people get enough from food and other beverage throughout the day)
The part inside the tooth that has nerves.
What is the pulp?
This scan uses radioactive tracers to show how tissues and organs are functioning, not just their structure.
What is a positron emission tomography (PET) scan?
The kidneys are part of this system, which removes waste from the blood.
What is the urinary system?
This device is used to take a patient’s blood pressure.
What is a sphygmomanometer?