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Health science review

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  1. Who were the first people to use acupuncture?
    the chinese
  2. what kinds of doctors were there in primitive times?
    Witch doctors
  3. what does the root word myo mean?
    muscle
  4. what is a cardiologist?
    heart doctor
  5. Canine?
    dog
  6. Podiatrists specialize in..
    the care for feet
  7. what does a dermatologist treat?
    skin
  8. person who treats cancer?
    oncologist
  9. what is an immunization?
    cure u against a disease
  10. What means backwards?
    retro
  11. what is trepanation
    removal of part of the cranime
  12. what would ancient egyptians do when channels in the blood become clogged?
    use leeches
  13. what did they not use before the 19th century in surgery?
    anesthesia
  14. meaning of ecto
    outside
  15. graph
    picture
  16. ppl who take care of teeth
    dentists
  17. pediatricians take care of
    children
  18. father of microbiology
    louis pasteur
  19. chrom
    color
  20. treats animals
    veterinarian
  21. bovine
    cattle
  22. highest paying nurse job
    • nurse anesthesiast
    • MONKEY SHIT
  23. female reproduction system doctor
    gynecologist
  24. deals with skeletal problems
    orthopedics
  25. orrhea means
    flow
  26. what do doctors have to have to shield them from lawsuits?
    malpractice insurance
  27. studies life
    biologist
  28. ophthalmologists deal with
    eyes
  29. over 200 different medical careers
    true or false
    TRUE
  30. who discovered x rays
    Wilhelm Roentgen
  31. who performed the first successful heart transplant in 1968?
    Christian Barnard
  32. Gastro
    stomache
  33. ortho
    straight
  34. ologist
    one who studies
  35. specializes in brain
    neurologist
  36. dent
    tooth
  37. phobia
    fear
  38. hemo
    blood
  39. oma
    tumor
  40. blood tumor
    hemotoma
  41. sloww
    brady
  42. BSN
    Bachelor of Science in Nursing
  43. RN
    Registered nurse
  44. Psychologist
    studies human behavior and helps them deal with problems
  45. a set of principles relating to what is morally right or morally wrong is called
    ethics
  46. euthanasia
    suffering of patient In an incurable disease
  47. tort
    a wrongful act that doesn't need a contract
  48. hepatitis
    inflammation of the liver
  49. bio
    life
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Health science review
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