Medical Quiz

Questions

1. How many chromosomes are found in every diploid cell?

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

3. What tube is most commonly used to intubate people?

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

5. Which pathogen is responsible for the most human deaths over the last 2000 years?

6. Where do you find synovial fluid?

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

8. What does the splenic artery supply?

9. Orchitis is the inflammation of which structure?

10. What type of doctor specialises in inflammatory joint conditions?

11. What hypothalamic hormone is responsible for water retention?

12. Hypotension is the medical term for what?

13. What hormone does the parathyroid gland produce?

14. What gland produces tears?

15. Hepatitis affects which organ?

16. How many bones are there in a human ear?

17. What is the more common name for allergic rhinitis?

18. Which part of the eye is affected by cataracts?

19. Glossitis is the inflammation of which body part?

20. Meningococcus is responsible for causing what conditions?

21. Hyponatraemia is the medical term for what?

22. What area of the brain is associated with storing long term memory?

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

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

25. What vessels are occluded in a myocardial infarction?

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

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

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

29. What does a sphygmomanometer measure?

30. Who is credited with the discovery of penicillin in 1928?

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

32. What do analgesic medications treat?

33. Syncope is a medical term for what?

34. What type of surgeon carries out hip replacements?

35. What happens to the eyes in opioid overdose?

36. What cranial nerve innovates the muscle of chewing?

37. Which arteries supply the kidneys?

38. How many bones are there in a human hand?

39. What cells are affected in individuals with HIV?