Medicine Trivia Quiz
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Medicine Trivia Quiz
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1. In the Aldous Huxley novel 'A Brave New World,' what fictional drug does the World State give to citizens to keep them feeling happy?

2. Just like in humans, animals produce what 'A' type of molecule, a product of the immune system that attacks a foreign substance in the body?

3. MCC is a rare skin cancer that starts in what M-word cells that share their name with a long-time German chancellor?

4. Although at least 500 naturally-occurring amino acids are known, a much smaller subset are considered the 'essential' amino acids. How many of these necessary compounds exist?

5. Encephalitis is an inflammation of which organ in our body?

6. Sold under the brand names Soolantra, Sklice, and Stromectol, what oral medication used to treat certain parasitic infections in animals caused issues when Americans began self-medicating with it against COVID-19?

7. What 'K' benign scar tissue is typically an overgrowth of collagen at the site of a healed skin injury? They typically look like rubbery skin lesions but are not contagious.

8. If the Latin American singer who used to be married to Jennifer Lopez transitioned into being the medical advisor for President Biden, what 'before and after' three word name would you have?

9. What does the H stand for in ADHD

10. A mucocele is a benign, mucus-containing cystic lesion often found in what part of the body?

11. What specific part of the human body can also be called a 'pollex?'

12. In ruminant animals, the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum are the four compartments of what organ, which helps the animals ferment their food before digestion?

13. Thrombocytopenia, which may cause symptoms such as easy bruising or bleeding gums, is an abnormally low level of what specific component of blood?

14. In the medical field, what is the name for a tube typically made of plastic or metal that is inserted into the lumen of a vessel or duct with the goal of keeping a passageway open?

15. Aside from the giraffe, what odd-looking 'O' creature is the only living member of the giraffe family, or 'Giraffids'?

16. Acromegaly, a hormone disorder that causes an excess of bone growth in an animal's legs, is caused by excess of hormones from what 'P' gland at the base of the brain?

17. At nearly 40% of the population, what is the most common blood type in the United States?

18. What 2017 book, subtitled 'An Intimate History,' focuses on the history of human molecular codes while spanning biology, history, neuroscience and more? The author previously won a Pulitzer Prize for a book on cancer.

19. 'Earkeckers' are an outdated term for what body part, which is typically only discussed when the site of swelling and a removal procedure?

20. Sharing their name with a common cleaning tool, what is the more common name of the worlds most simple animals from the phylum Porifera?

21. What two-word magazine, a fixture in waiting rooms, has recurring features called 'Humor in Uniform' and 'Laughter, the Best Medicine?'

22. 'Smart' contact lenses developed at the University of California-Davis are being promoted as an innovative way to predict and detect what second-leading cause of blindness?

23. A horse ailment, an impairment of lung and blood systems, is known as ______ Horse Sickness. Fill in the one word blank, an adjective based on a world continent's name.

24. The pisiform bone is a small knobbly bone found in what joint on humans?

25. What is the 'R' name for DNA created by combining fragments from different sources? These are occasionally referred to as 'chimeric' DNA and are considered a key feature in much of DNA biotechnology applications.

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