Medicine Trivia Quiz
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Medicine Trivia Quiz
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1. The Pritzker School of Medicine is at what private Midwest university with sports teams known as the Maroons?

2. Which term is used to describe a disease that's common or even constantly present in a specific population?

3. A new coronavirus, designated 2019-nCoV, was identified in what major Chinese city in the Hubei province in January 2020?

4. The Koran is divided into 114 chapters, which are known by what Arabic name?

5. The name of which 2-word disorder comes from Greek & Latin words meaning 'without appetite' & 'nervous'

6. According to the 2020 rankings from US News & World Report, what university is home to the best Medical School that is not on the eastern seaboard of the US?

7. Derived in part from the Greek word baros meaning 'heavy weight or burden,' bariatrics is a branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of what condition?

8. The itchy skin condition tinea pedis is better known by what two-word phrase? This condition can occur regardless of a person's fitness level.

9. From the Greek for 'without a point,' what optometry term means that the cornea is shaped like a football rather than a basketball?

10. Which A-medical term from the Greek word that means 'ill-fed' refers to the wasting away and weakening of muscle?

11. A surgical caudectomy is the technical term for the docking of what body part, as might be performed on a dog or horse?

12. Researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio built a robot in 2018 designed to be small enough to help fight cancer and serve other surgical methods. The device was entered into the Guinness World Records as the 'smallest medical robot' as it has a spherical radius of only 120 ______. What very-small unit fills the blank?

13. In 1712, in Lyon, France, one of the earliest schools for training veterinarians was founded by French surgeon ______ Bourgelat. Fill in the blank, also the first name of the painter of 'The Waterlily Pond.'

14. Caused by aging, disease, or trauma, what's the typical medical term for the opacity (cloudiness) on the crystalline lens of a human eye?

15. What kind of cat is a long-haired breed with a round face and a short muzzle? Contrary to its name, not all of them live in Iran.

16. While excision surgeries in which an organ is to be cut out end in 'ectomy,' what other suffix is used when the goal is cutting into an organ or tissue?

17. The medical condition, Herpes Zoster is commonly known as what?

18. The height of a horse is measured to which point on the horse's back that lies at the base of the neck and above the shoulders? This answer is also a word meaning to become shriveled and dry.

19. In the US, an HMO is a medical insurance group that provides services for a fixed annual fee. What does HMO stand for?

20. An inflammation of the lining of the abdominal cavity (i.e. peritonitis) is a possible complication following the bursting of what organ?

21. Which two organs are connected by the only veins that carry oxygenated blood in the body?

22. The International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago serves as a macabre dedication to the art of cutting people open, including a surgeon 'Hall of Fame.' Included in the museum's archives are letters and journals from what famous English statistician who is often considered the founder of modern nursing?

23. Wilma Rudolph was an American medalist in Track and Field at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, an especially impressive feat considering her childhood was plagued by infantile paralysis caused by what virus?

24. CIS, RRMS, PPMS, and SPMS are the four main types of what two-word demyelinating disease?

25. The majority of the products sold by the 'Adams' brand with its iconic blue bottles focus on what animal pest?

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