Medical Quiz #1

Medical Quiz #1

Questions

1. Which area of the brain is responsible for producing melatonin?
2. What area of the brain is associated with storing long term memory?
3. What medication is used to reverse the effects of opioid overdose?
4. What is the primary medication is used to treat anaphylactic shock?
5. What vessels are occluded in a myocardial infarction?
6. What area of the body is affected by Meniere’s disease?
7. What sign is seen in the hands of individuals with cystic fibrosis?
8. What class of drug is used to lower blood cholesterol?
9. What does a sphygmomanometer measure?
10. Who is credited with the discovery of penicillin in 1928?
11. Hyponatraemia is the medical term for what?
12. What do analgesic medications treat?
13. Syncope is a medical term for what?
14. What type of surgeon carries out hip replacements?
15. What happens to the eyes in opioid overdose?
16. What cranial nerve innovates the muscle of chewing?
17. Which arteries supply the kidneys?
18. How many bones are there in a human hand?
19. What cells are affected in individuals with HIV?
20. What hypothalamic hormone is responsible for water retention?
21. What is the mainstay treatment of individuals with type 1 diabetes?
22. What tube is most commonly used to intubate people?
23. Which vessel is responsible for transporting blood from the intestines to the liver?
24. Which pathogen is responsible for the most human deaths over the last 2000 years?
25. Where do you find synovial fluid?
26. What type of doctor specialises in analysing X rays, CTs and MRIs?
27. What does the splenic artery supply?
28. Orchitis is the inflammation of which structure?
29. What type of doctor specialises in inflammatory joint conditions?
30. How many chromosomes are found in every diploid cell?
31. Hypotension is the medical term for what?
32. What hormone does the parathyroid gland produce?
33. What gland produces tears?
34. Hepatitis affects which organ?
35. How many bones are there in a human ear?
36. What is the more common name for allergic rhinitis?
37. Which part of the eye is affected by cataracts?
38. Glossitis is the inflammation of which body part?
39. Meningococcus is responsible for causing what conditions?

1. Which area of the brain is responsible for producing melatonin?

   Pineal Gland
2. What area of the brain is associated with storing long term memory?

   Hippocampus
3. What medication is used to reverse the effects of opioid overdose?

   Naloxone
4. What is the primary medication is used to treat anaphylactic shock?

   Adrenaline
5. What vessels are occluded in a myocardial infarction?

   Coronary
6. What area of the body is affected by Meniere’s disease?

   Ear
7. What sign is seen in the hands of individuals with cystic fibrosis?

   Clubbing
8. What class of drug is used to lower blood cholesterol?

   Statins
9. What does a sphygmomanometer measure?

   Blood pressure
10. Who is credited with the discovery of penicillin in 1928?

    Fleming
11. Hyponatraemia is the medical term for what?

    Low blood sodium
12. What do analgesic medications treat?

    Pain
13. Syncope is a medical term for what?

    Fainting
14. What type of surgeon carries out hip replacements?

    Orthopaedic
15. What happens to the eyes in opioid overdose?

    Miosis
16. What cranial nerve innovates the muscle of chewing?

    Trigeminal
17. Which arteries supply the kidneys?

    Renal Arteries
18. How many bones are there in a human hand?

    27
19. What cells are affected in individuals with HIV?

    CD4 cells
20. What hypothalamic hormone is responsible for water retention?

    ADH
21. What is the mainstay treatment of individuals with type 1 diabetes?

    Insulin
22. What tube is most commonly used to intubate people?

    ET
23. Which vessel is responsible for transporting blood from the intestines to the liver?

    Hepatic Portal Vein
24. Which pathogen is responsible for the most human deaths over the last 2000 years?

    TB
25. Where do you find synovial fluid?

    Joints
26. What type of doctor specialises in analysing X rays, CTs and MRIs?

    Radiologist
27. What does the splenic artery supply?

    Spleen
28. Orchitis is the inflammation of which structure?

    Testicles
29. What type of doctor specialises in inflammatory joint conditions?

    Rheumatologist
30. How many chromosomes are found in every diploid cell?

    46
31. Hypotension is the medical term for what?

    Low blood pressure
32. What hormone does the parathyroid gland produce?

    PTH
33. What gland produces tears?

    Lacrimal gland
34. Hepatitis affects which organ?

    Liver
35. How many bones are there in a human ear?

    3
36. What is the more common name for allergic rhinitis?

    Hay fever
37. Which part of the eye is affected by cataracts?

    Lens
38. Glossitis is the inflammation of which body part?

    Tongue
39. Meningococcus is responsible for causing what conditions?

    Meningitis