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Which medical tool was developed by Sanctorius in 1612?

  • Ophthalmoscope
  • Thermometer (correct)
  • Stethoscope
  • Sphygmomanometer

    • What's the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men?

    Prostate cancer

    What does 'CPR' stand for in medical emergencies?

    Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

    What accounts for 64 percent of U.S. deaths, along with heart disease and cancer?

    <p>Stroke</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What virus did the World Health Organization say would infect 40 million people by the year 2000?

    <p>HIV</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do cosmetic surgeons remove 200,000 pounds of from Americans per year?

    <p>Fat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do doctors look at through an ophthalmoscope?

    <p>The eye</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What disease accounts for two of every three cases of dementia?

    <p>Alzheimer's Disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What S-word is defined as 'a lateral curvature of the spine'?

    <p>Scoliosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do leukemia sufferers have too many of?

    <p>White blood cells or leukocytes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What's most likely to occur when your diaphragm goes into spasms?

    <p>Hiccups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What's the itchy skin condition tinea pedis better known as?

    <p>Athlete's foot</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many times a day must you take medication if your prescription reads 'q.i.d.'?

    <p>4</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What part of the eye may be obscured by cataracts?

    <p>The lens</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What arthritic disorder occurs due to increased uric acid in the blood?

    <p>Gout</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What hereditary blood defect is known as 'the royal disease'?

    <p>Hemophilia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What organ is inflamed when one has encephalitis?

    <p>The brain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where does the embryo implant itself in a tubal pregnancy?

    <p>A Fallopian tube</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many of every 10 victims infected by the Ebola virus will die in two days?

    <p>9</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What brain operation was tried first on a confused 63-year-old female at George Washington Hospital in 1956?

    <p>Lobotomy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who had cervical cancer that had immortal HeLa?

    <p>Henrietta Lacks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the 'myo' mean in myocardial?

    <p>Muscle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) called by the British press in 1996?

    <p>Mad Cow Disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What's the medical term for low blood sugar?

    <p>Hypoglycemia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What's the tranquilizer diazepam better known as?

    <p>Valium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What's the common term for a cerebrovascular accident?

    <p>Stroke</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the common name for rhus radicans?

    <p>Poison ivy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was Friedrich Serturner the first to extract from opium and use as a pain reliever?

    <p>Morphine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the most widely prescribed antidepressant in the U.S. in the 1990s?

    <p>Prozac</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What syndrome does SIDS mean to childcare experts?

    <p>Sudden Infant Death Syndrome</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where is liver bile stopped before being released into the small intestine?

    <p>The gall bladder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the human body, where are diverticula located?

    <p>Large intestine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Gas noises in the gut go by the medical name of what?

    <p>Borborygmus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating what?

    <p>A pound of salt</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Quinsy is the inflammation of which body organ due to abscess?

    <p>Tonsils</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What part of your body has the most sweat glands?

    <p>Feet</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A person who bites their nails is called a what?

    <p>Onychophagist</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Women are ten times less likely than men to have what?

    <p>Color blindness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A paratrichosic person has extra what in unusual places?

    <p>Hair</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the zygomaticus muscle used for?

    <p>Smiling</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What started in 1935, when a stockbroker and a doctor met?

    <p>Alcoholics Anonymous</p> Signup and view all the answers

    BCG vaccine is used against what type of highly infectious disease?

    <p>Tuberculosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the human body, the parotid glands produce what?

    <p>Saliva</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What disease used to be called consumption?

    <p>Tuberculosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the oldest known infectious disease?

    <p>Leprosy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If you suffer from cynanthropy, what do you think you are?

    <p>A dog</p> Signup and view all the answers

    From what port did the Black Death come to England?

    <p>Calais</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a hemodialyzer?

    <p>An artificial kidney</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What word comes from the Latin phrase 'to crowd together'?

    <p>Constipation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Your eyeballs are 3.5% what?

    <p>Salt</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What makes Louise Joy Brown, who was born in 1978, special?

    <p>First born from in vitro fertilization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What vaccine is used against Polio?

    <p>The Salk Vaccine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a CAT scan stand for?

    <p>Computerized axial tomography</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Your villus is located where in your body?

    <p>Small intestine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the 1900s, what were the three leading causes of death?

    <p>Pneumonia, tuberculosis, and diarrhea and enteritis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where would you find your popliteal fossa?

    <p>Back of the knee</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is diastema?

    <p>Gap in the front teeth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is luxating patella?

    <p>Patella dislocates out of normal position</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What medical tool did Rene Laennec invent for doctors in 1810?

    <p>Stethoscope</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where is your corrugator located?

    <p>Forehead</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is epistaxis and what causes it?

    <p>Loss of blood through the nose; usually caused by injury</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who performed the first heart transplant in South Africa?

    <p>Christiaan Barnard</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If you have a rhytidectomy, what did you have done?

    <p>A face lift</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a plexor?

    <p>A small hammer with a rubber head used to test reflexes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an anomaloscope used for?

    <p>Test for color blindness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Americans use 16,000 tons of what each year?

    <p>Aspirin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Lack of vitamin B1 causes what disease?

    <p>BeriBeri</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Legionnaires disease is spread in what?

    <p>Airborne water droplets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does QOD stand for on a prescription?

    <p>Take every other day</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the woman who set up a free birth control clinic in Holloway in 1920?

    <p>Marie Stopes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the human body, what is replaced every three months?

    <p>Eyelashes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Medical Instruments and Terms

    • Thermometer: Developed by Sanctorius in 1612 for measuring temperature.
    • Ophthalmoscope: A tool used by doctors to examine the eye.
    • Stethoscope: Invented by Rene Laennec in 1810 for auscultation.
    • Anomaloscope: Device used for testing color blindness.
    • Plexor: A small hammer with a rubber head used for reflex testing and medical percussion.

    Diseases and Conditions

    • Prostate Cancer: Most commonly diagnosed cancer in men, affecting 3 million people in the U.S. annually.
    • Stroke: Accounts for 64% of U.S. deaths alongside heart disease and cancer.
    • Alzheimer's Disease: Contributes to two-thirds of dementia cases.
    • Diabetes: Low blood sugar is referred to as hypoglycemia.
    • Gout: An arthritic condition resulting from high uric acid levels.
    • HIV: Projected to infect 40 million people by 2000 according to the WHO.
    • Leukemia: Characterized by an excess of white blood cells.
    • Borborygmus: Medical term for gas noises in the gut.
    • Hair Glands: A paratrichosic individual has excess hair growth in unusual locations.

    Notable Medical Cases and Historical Facts

    • Lobotomy: The first brain operation attempted in 1956 on a 63-year-old woman at George Washington Hospital.
    • Henrietta Lacks: Had cervical cancer; her cells, known as HeLa, became immortal.
    • Christiaan Barnard: Performed the world's first heart transplant in South Africa in 1967.
    • Marie Stopes: Established a free birth control clinic in Holloway in 1920.

    Common Medical Conditions

    • Hiccups: Most commonly occur when the diaphragm spasms.
    • Scoliosis: Defined as a lateral curvature of the spine.
    • Cataracts: Obscure the lens of the eye.
    • Athlete's Foot: The common name for tinea pedis, an itchy skin condition.

    Public Health and Vaccinations

    • BCG Vaccine: Used to combat tuberculosis.
    • Salk Vaccine: Developed for the prevention of polio, with eradication declared in 1953.
    • Legionnaires’ Disease: Spread through airborne water droplets.

    General Knowledge and Trivia

    • First IVF Baby: Louise Joy Brown, born in 1978, was the first baby conceived via in vitro fertilization.
    • Mad Cow Disease: Known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the UK, caused by prions.
    • Consumption: Historical term for tuberculosis.
    • Ebola Virus: Highly fatal; 9 out of 10 infected individuals may die within two days.

    Body Functions and Anatomy

    • Gall Bladder: Stores liver bile before it's released into the small intestine.
    • Diverticula: Found in the large intestine and can lead to diverticulosis.
    • Sweat Glands: The feet contain the highest concentration in the body.
    • Eyelashes: Replaced approximately every three months.

    Mental Health and Societal Issues

    • SIDS: Abbreviation for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, a risk factor in child care.
    • Cynanthropy: A psychological condition where one believes they are a dog.

    Medical Terminology

    • QOD: Stands for "take every other day" on a prescription.
    • BeriBeri: Disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin B1.

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    Test your knowledge with these engaging medical trivia flashcards. From tools like thermometers to common conditions such as prostate cancer, this quiz covers essential medical facts. Perfect for students and healthcare enthusiasts alike!

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