Chapter 1 Quiz

Question 1

Hippocrates

Answer 1

(Greeks) “The Father of medicine”

Question 2

What did Hippocrates write?

Answer 2

The standard of ethics called the Oath of Hippocrates

Question 3

Rene Laennec

Answer 3

Invented the Stethoscope

Question 4

Edward Jenner

Answer 4

Discovered a method of vaccination for smallpox

Question 5

Hand-washing

Answer 5

One of the most important ways that we control the spread of infection.

Question 6

Louis Pasteur

Answer 6

Pasteurization kills bacteria in milk

Question 7

Joseph Lister

Answer 7

Carbolic acid on wounds to kill germs that cause infection

Question 8

Sigmund Freud

Answer 8

Discovered the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind

Question 9

Sir Alexander Fleming

Answer 9

Found that penicillin killed life-threatening bacteria

Question 10

Francis Crick

Answer 10

Discovered the molecular structure of DNA

Question 11

Christian Barnard

Answer 11

Performed the first successful heart trans-plant in 1968

Question 12

Clara Barton

Answer 12

Established the American Red Cross

Question 13

Anatomy

Answer 13

The science of dealing with the structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms.

Question 14

Epidemics

Answer 14

Diseases affecting many people at the same time

Question 15

Stethoscope

Answer 15

The instrument used to hear sound in the body

Question 16

Asepsis

Answer 16

Sterile condition, free from all germs

Question 17

Psychiatry

Answer 17

The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders

Question 18

Accredited

Answer 18

Attested and approved as meeting prescribed standards

Question 19

Symptoms

Answer 19

A sign or indication of something

Question 20

Vaccines

Answer 20

A weakened bacteria or virus given to a person to build immunity against a disease

Question 21

Respiration

Answer 21

Taking oxygen into the body and expelling carbon dioxide from the body

Question 22

Anesthesia

Answer 22

Loss of feeling or sensation

Question 23

Geriatric

Answer 23

A branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and aging people.

Question 24

Confidentiality

Answer 24

A promise to keep certain info secret

Question 25

Ethics

Answer 25

Social values; conduct, description of what is right and wrong

Question 26

Physiology

Answer 26

The branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts

Question 27

Antiseptic

Answer 27

Substance that slows or stops the growth of microorganisms

Question 28

Phlebotomy

Answer 28

The practice of opening a vein by incision or puncture to remove blood.