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Exploring the World of Medicine: A Knowledge Quiz

Test your knowledge on various fields of medicine, including nutrition, surgical practices, diagnostic techniques, and medical ethics.

#Medicine #Health #Nutrition #Medical Ethics #Anatomy #Diagnostic Techniques

1 Many other ________ fields, e.g.

2 Physicians whose primary professional focus is hospital medicine are called ________ in the USA.

3 Medical nutrition therapy is done by dietitians and is prescribed for diabetes, ________, weight and eating disorders, allergies, malnutrition, and neoplastic diseases.

4 ________, family practice, general practice or primary care is, in many countries, the first port-of-call for patients with non-emergency medical problems.

5 Vital signs including height, weight, body temperature, ________, pulse, respiration rate, hemoglobin oxygen saturation

6 Contemporary medicine applies health science, ________, and medical technology to diagnose and treat injury and disease, typically through medication, surgery, or some other form of therapy.

7 by x-rays, x-ray ________, ultrasonography, and nuclear magnetic resonance tomography.

8 Doctors who are negligent or intentionally harmful in their care of patients can face charges of ________ and be subject to civil, criminal, or professional sanctions.

9 ________ is concerned with studying human organ systems by administering radiolabelled substances (radiopharmaceuticals) to the body, which can then be imaged outside the body by a gamma camera or a PET scanner.

10 Anatomy is the study of the physical structure of ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Tree of Hippocrates is a plane tree in Kos under which, according to legend, Hippocrates taught his pupils medicine.
  • the Chinese tallow tree is used to make soap, candles, and medicine.
  • the year and a day rule regarding homicide was abolished because of advances in medicine and forensic science.
  • the three caducei on the Flag of Brisbane (pictured) represent Hermes' role as the protector of commerce, and not their more familiar meaning of being associated with medicine.
  • whether prosections are as effective as dissections in the teaching of medicine is an unsettled aspect of medical education.
  • twin brothers Yuen and Yong Poovorawan from Thailand are both Outstanding Researcher Award-winning scientists, although in the different fields of computer science and medicine.
  • toso is a medicinal sake drunk during Japanese New Year celebrations.
  • metolazone is a medicine used to treat congestive heart failure and hypertension.
  • Body surface area is an important measure used in medicine to calculate chemotherapy dosage.
  • poison, over its 6500-year history, has been used for both great progression in medicine and as a hugely popular method of assassination.
  • body surface area is an important measure used in medicine to calculate chemotherapy dosage.
  • flutamide is a medicine used to treat prostate cancer.
  • Kadambini Ganguly (pictured) was one of the first female graduates in the British Empire and the first female conventional doctor in South Asia.
  • Harvard medical graduate Brenda Taylor reached the 2004 Olympic final in the 400-meter hurdles.
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