This type of doctor treats ailments of the skin and its related structures, such as hair and nails.
What is a dermatologist?
100
This occurs when blood supply to the brain is cut off or greatly reduced.
What is a stroke?
100
This scientist and monk's work on pea plants led to an early understanding of genetics and heredity.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
100
This kind of memory is stored effectively in the brain and may be accessed even after a long period of time.
What is long term memory?
100
Meredith's mother suffered from this common progressive brain disorder that destroys memory and mental function.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
200
This type of doctor transplants and shapes skin and muscles for cosmetic or reconstructive purposes.
What is a plastic surgeon?
200
Uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells is responsible for this top killer.
What is cancer?
200
This man's many accomplishments include formulating the laws of motion and universe gravitation, as well as contributing to the development of calculus.
Who is Isaac Newton?
200
In Freud's theories, this is the mediator between the id and the superego.
What is the ego?
200
A crisis at Seattle Grace left the doctors caring for many of these wounds, which are often reasons for emergency medical treatment. What is one of these wounds called, with the initials GSW?
What is a Gun Shot Wound?
300
Problems with the female reproductive system are handled by this type of doctor.
What is a gynecologist?
300
Common types of this killer include high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, and congestive heart failure.
What is heart disease?
300
While many credit Watson and Crick for their work in the area, scientist Rosalind Franklin's contributions to the discovery of this are often ignored.
What is the structure of DNA?
300
Psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed this theory to describe the way people are motivated to satisfy various needs, with physiological wellbeing at the bottom and self actualization at the top.
What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
300
Frequently heard at Seattle Grace, this code is called when a patient needs resuscitation.
What is Code Blue?
400
This type of doctor specializes in X-Rays and other imaging technologies to diagnose illnesses.
What is a radiologist?
400
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis are top killers affecting this organ.
What are the kidneys?
400
This man proved "all living things, microbes included, come from living things" and developed a heat treatment to destroy microbes that we still use today.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
400
This branch off of the body of a neuron receives information from other neurons.
What is a dendrite?
400
The doctors at Seattle Grace often spend time in the skills lab learning how to use new tools for minimally invasive surgeries. Another term for minimally invasive surgeries is this time of procedure.
What is a laparoscopic procedure?
500
This type of doctor handles eyes and eye defects, including blindness and eye surgeries.
What is an ophthalmologist?
500
This top killer, with the initials COPD, is often associated with chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?
500
This man is credited with the discovery of the pathway of the citric acid cycle.
Who is Hans Krebs?
500
This method of influencing behavior is based on rewarding good behaviors and punishing undesired behaviors.
What is operant conditioning?
500
Cardiovascular problems often occur during surgeries. An abnormally slow heart beat is known as bradycardia, while an abnormally fast heart beat is known as this.