Medicine 1
1. How is the spotty disease Varicella better known?
Chickenpox
2, Cupid's disease is another word for what?
Syphilis
3. A lack of which mineral in the body causes anaemia?
Iron
4. Diverticulitis is a common disease of what human system?
Digestive
5. What part of the body does a rhinologist specialise in?
Noses
6. What term is used to describe a disease that spreads throughout the world?
Pandemic
7. Moorfields hospital in London specialises in the treatment of what part of the body?
Eyes
8. What is the name of the syndrome in which a person feigns illness in order to obtain medical attention?
Munchausen's Syndrome
9. In medicine what is the common term for a displacement and protrusion of part of an organ through its cavity wall?
Hernia
10. An orchidectomy is the surgical removal of what part of the body?
Testicle
Medicine 2
1. Which joint would you plaster if you had broken your capitate?
Wrist
2. Macular degeneration affects what part of the body?
The eye
3. What is the name of the doctor that introduced sterilization methods to surgery?
Joseph Lister
4. What is the most common reason for someone being admitted to hospital when they are not actually ill?
When they are having a baby
5. Which ancient Greek is known as the father of medicine and has the medical oath of ethics named after him?
Hippocrates
6. In medicine, what are statins predominantly used for?
Reducing cholesterol
7. Great brother is the Chinese translation for which stimulating drug?
Viagra
8. Acute inflammation of the tonsils caused by an abscess is also known by what name beginning with Q?
Quinsy
9. What word beginning with G is a medical term for inflammation of the gums?
Gingivitis
10. The BCG vaccine is used to control which disease?
Tuberculosis
Medicine 3
1. Where would you find systolic and diastolic readings?
A blood pressure test
2. A cochlear implant can help people with which medical problem?
Deafness
3. Acetylsalicylic acid is a very common drug better known to us as what?
Aspirin
4. Hypoglycaemia is a deficiency of what in humans?
Blood sugar or Glucose
5. A Plantar wart is more commonly known as what?
A verucca
6. What is haematology the study of?
Blood
7. In medicine, pyrosis is the technical term for which uncomfortable chest condition?
Heartburn
8. Hypertension is another name for what?
High blood pressure
9. Under the ABO blood group system, what blood type can receive blood transfusions from all other groups?
AB
10. Nephrectomy is the surgical removal of which organ of the body?
Kidney
Medicine 4
1. What would be the purpose of bariatric surgery?
Weight loss
2. What medical instrument is used to listen to the heart and lungs?
Stethoscope
3. Hydrosis is the medical term for what?
Sweating
4. Who was the first 'test tube' baby born in 1978?
Louise Brown
5. If you had your Vas deferens cut, what operation would you have had?
Vasectomy
6. What is the medical term given to the study of the brain and nervous system?
Neurology
7. Which disease, known for spreading through air-conditioning systems was first identified in 1977?
Legionnaires
8. Trepanning was a medical practice where a hole is drilled into what?
The skull
9. What name is given to the long, thin, tube with a camera inside that is inserted down the throat or up the backside to examine people internally?
Endoscope
10. The medical condition priapism is persistent and usually painful what in men?!
Erection
Medicine 5
1. What part of the body is affected by glaucoma?
The eye
2. Medically, what do the initials TB stand for?
Tuberculosis
3. What is the name given to a breast X RAY?
A mammogram
4. Who discovered 'penicillin' in 1928?
Alexander Fleming
5. What ailment is known in Cockney Rhyming Slang as 'Farmer Giles'?
Piles (Hemorrhoids)
6. Which organ is affected by hepatitis?
The liver
7. Epinephrine, a hormone and an emergency treatment for cardiac arrest is better known as what?
Adrenalin
8. What does a phlebotomist do medically?
Takes blood
9. Which part of the body is affected by carpal tunnel syndrome?
Fingers and hands
10. In the human body, Plane, Condyloid & Ellipsoidal are all types of what
Joints