The Medical Quiz Book by Anand Deshpande

Author:Anand Deshpande
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: quiz, game, trivia, questions, pub quiz, medical, medicine, health, fitness, human body, science, biology, doctor
ISBN: 9781908548115
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2011
Published: 2011-07-25T00:00:00+00:00

Answers

1. (b) Average weight in males is 1450 grams. In females 1350 grams.

2. (c) about 1500 ml (one and a half litres)

3. (a) Hypothalamus

4. (a) in the front of the neck

5. (b) twelve pairs

6. (b) in the neck. Second bone from the top in the cervical spine

7. (a) In the retina of the eye. Rods are responsible for dark adaptation. Cones are sensitive to colours.

8. (c) about 100,000

9. (a) small bones of the fingers and toes. (Phalanx is singular)

10. (a) about five litres

11. (a) sense of smell

12. (c) Does not participate in the food digestion. (May be its job is to get inflamed and cause appendicitis and trouble the person.)

13. (a) pericardium

14. (b) eardrum

15. (a) In males 300 grams and in females 250 grams approximately.

16. (a) Two, at the back of the abdomen, one on either side of the spine

17. (a) About one litre. (range 800-1500 ml)

18. (c) Speech. Both spoken and written speech. [It is in the left-brain (cerebral hemisphere) in the right-handed people. Also in the left-brain in the majority of left-handed people.]

19. (b) Meninges. Its inflammation is the dreaded disease meningitis.

20. (c) In the chest behind the breast. Easily seen in body builders.

21. (a) In the wrist. These are eight small bones.

22. (a) Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)

23. (b) Tetanus.

24. (a) Red Blood Cells (RBC), White Blood Cells (WBC) and Platelets (Thrombocytes).

25. (b) Four. Two ventricles and two atria. (Atrium-singular)

26. (b) Triceps. In the arm.

27. (c) In the lacrimal gland. This gland is in the eye socket, on the outer and upper aspect of the eyeball. [ also spelled lachrymal gland]

28. (b) Epiglottis

29. (b) Haemoglobin

30. (b) Slightly bigger in the males

31. (c) Calcium

32. (b) Prominent tendon at the back of the heel. Calf muscles are attached to the heel by the tendoachilles. (In Greek mythology, the sea nymph Thetis held her infant son Achilles at his heel and dipped him in the river Styx to make him invulnerable. In the Trojan war he was killed by an arrow by Paris, which pierced this weak spot at the heel that had not come in contact with the water of Styx.)

33. (b) Adrenal glands. There are two.

34. (a) Trachea

35. (b) Iron.

36. (b) Eighteen times per minute. (range 13-20 per minute)

37. (a) Plasma ( whole blood minus all the cells = plasma)

38. (a) 120 days (i.e. four months)

39. (c) Mostly the spleen, which is situated in the abdomen, below the chest on the left side. (But some other reticuloendothelial cells do this as well.)

40. (b) Twelve. These supply mostly the muscles and organs in the face, scalp and neck.

41. (c) Bilirubin

42. (b) Autonomic Nervous System. (This consists of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves.)

43. (b) Cerebrospinal fluid. (CSF for short)

44. (a) About one and a half kilograms. (Slightly heavier in the males.)

45. (a) Adrenal gland. One on each kidney. (Also called suprarenal gland.)

46. (c) There are four. These are the two lower most ribs on either side of the chest. Number 11 and 12. These are not attached to the breastbone in the front but are attached only to the spine at the back.

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