Medical Specialties
What specialty deals with diseases of the heart and blood vessels?
Cardiology
What part of the body pumps blood?
Heart
What does Chronic mean?
Constant, Persisting for a long time or constantly recurring.
What specialty deals with diseases of the skin?
Dermatology
What part of the body is the control center of the body?
Brain
What does Abrasion mean?
Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive.
What specialty deals with the diagnosis and treatment of tumors (hint: cancer)
Oncology
What part of the body enables gas exchange? (hint respiration)
Lungs
What does IV stand for?
Intravenous
What specialty deals with diseases of elderly individuals
Gerontology
What part of the body is the largest organ?
Skin
What does Edema mean?
Swelling
What specialty diagnoses disease by studying changes in organs, tissues, and cells
Pathology
What part of the body stores bile?
Gal Bladder
What is the difference between benign and malignant?
benign- noncancerous
malignant- cancerous