Medical Careers
This medical professional checks your teeth and gums and helps prevent cavities
what is a dentist?
The prefix “cardio-” refers to this organ
What is the heart?
This organ is the largest in the human body
What is the skin?
This common viral infection causes symptoms like a runny nose, sneezing, and coughing
What is the common cold?
This nurse is famous for improving sanitation in hospitals during the Crimean War
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This type of doctor specializes in caring for infants, children, and teenagers, monitoring their growth and development
What is a Pediatrician?
The term “dermatology” is the study of this part of the body
What is the skin?
This body system includes the stomach and intestines, and helps you digest food
what is the digestive system?
This disease is caused by high blood sugar levels and is often managed with insulin
What is diabetes?
This ancient Greek doctor is known as the “Father of Medicine.”
Who is Hippocrates?
This type of doctor specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases of the heart and blood vessels
What is a Cardiologist?
The prefix “hemo-” or “hema-” refers to this substance in the body
what is blood?
This part of your eye controls how much light enters
what is the pupil?
This infectious disease was declared eradicated in 1980 after a worldwide vaccination campaign
What is smallpox?
This disease caused a worldwide pandemic in 1918, infecting millions after World War I
What is the Spanish Flu?
A patient with cancer would most likely be referred to this type of specialist
What is an Oncologist?
The suffix “-itis” means this type of condition
What is inflammation?
These string-like tissues connect muscles to bones
what are tendons?
This type of cancer affects the white blood cells and can be either acute or chronic
What is Leukemia?
In the 1800s, Joseph Lister pioneered the use of these to reduce infections during surgery
What are antiseptics?
This medical specialist studies and treats diseases of the blood, such as anemia, leukemia, and clotting disorders
What is a Hematologist?
The root word “pulmo-” refers to this organ system
What are the lungs/respiratory system?
This is the hardest substance in the human body, found on the outside of your teeth
What is enamel?
This disease is caused by a lack of healthy red blood cells to carry enough oxygen to the body’s tissues
What is anemia?
This scientist developed the theory of germs and created vaccines for rabies and anthrax
Who is Louis Pasteur?