67+ Medical Trivia Questions

You have hypertension when this is abnormally high

It's what the "P" stands for in G.P.

Before becoming a resident, most medical college graduates spend a year in this capacity

This sugar is the body's chief source of energy for cell metabolism

In the 1520s this conquistador founded a hospital in Mexico City, perhaps for the Aztecs he wounded

In 1816 French physician Rene Laennec invented this device used to listen to the heart & lungs

In 1895 this scientist could see right through his wife; he took X-rays of her hand

This symbol of the physician is derived from the wand of Aesculapius, the god of medicine

Don't giggle, this gas, the first chemical anesthetic, began life as a party fad

In 1873 Charles Henry Phillips coined this name for his new liquid laxative