ALL ABOUT SHIFA
What does “Shifa” (شفاء) mean?
Healing/cure
This healthcare professional specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating conditions involving the teeth and oral health.
Dentist
True or False: Blood inside your veins is blue before it reaches oxygen.
False: blood is always shades of red
Question: You studied all night, drank three coffees, and still can't remember anything. What organ has betrayed you?
Brain
How many bones are in the typical adult human body?
206
SHIFA aims to help students balance what two aspects of life?
Deen and Dunya
This healthcare professional can examine patients, diagnose illnesses, and prescribe medications while practicing in collaboration with or as part of a physician-led healthcare system, depending on state law.
Physician Assistant/Associate (PA)
True or False: Your heart briefly stops every time you sneeze.
What protein in red blood cells binds and transports oxygen?
Hemoglobin
What is the longest and strongest bone in the human body?
Femur
How many current SHIFA board members are in their 4th year?
3
This healthcare professional earns a doctoral degree and specializes in primary eye care, including vision testing and diagnosing and managing many eye conditions.
Optometrist (OD)
True or False: Your tongue has separate zones dedicated exclusively to sweet, salty, sour, and bitter tastes.
False: All regions of the tongue containing taste buds can detect all the basic tastes: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami
Wisdom teeth most commonly begin erupting during approximately what age range? (any number in the correct ans range works)
Wisdom teeth typically come in between the ages of 17 and 25
Which division of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for the body’s “fight or flight” response?
Sympathetic nervous system
Tentatively, when and where is the next SHIFA event? (location and date)
Most likely Week 4 Tuesday at Humanities Hall 242
This healthcare profession focuses on preventing, diagnosing, and treating conditions affecting the feet and ankles and awards a DPM degree.
Podiatrist
The appendix has absolutely no known function in the human body.
False: Modern research shows it can support the immune system and also act as a safe house for beneficial gut bacteria.
What blood type is considered the universal red-blood-cell donor?
O - negative
What part of the brain is primarily responsible for balance and coordination?
Cerebellum
Name three benefits you can get as a SHIFA member?
What healthcare profession typically earns an AuD and specializes in hearing and balance disorders?
Audiologist
True or False: The left lung is smaller than the right lung to make room for the heart.
True
What is the most abundant element in the human body by mass?
Oxygen
Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygenated blood out to the rest of the body?
Left ventricle