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  • Which 19th century Austrian is known as ‘the father of Psychoanalysis?
    Sigmund Freud
  • The Japanese therapy for improving the energy flow in the human body is known as what?
    Reiki
  • At what stage of pregnancy does a baby’s heartbeat start? week 6 / week 16 / week 26 / week 36?
    week 6
  • What sort of patients does a paediatrician work with?
    children
  • Marie Curie was instrumental in developing what as a therapeutic tool?
    radiation
  • Which disease is caused due to the deficiency of vitamin C?
    Scurvy
  • What does a sphygmomanometer measure?
    blood pressure
  • The term hypotension denotes what?
    low blood pressure
  • In what year did the ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic, which infected an estimated 500 million people and killed 50 million, begin?
    1918
  • Which of your organs is approximately seven metres in length?
    The small intestine
  • The shape of blood cells is like what?
    Doughnuts
  • What health problem are you suffering if you are experiencing myopia?
    short-sightedness
  • Which S is the bones that make up the internal framework of the body?
    Skeleton
  • HIV/AIDS are abbreviations of what?
    Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  • More than half of your bones are located in which two parts of the body?
    hands and feet
  • Which H is the speciality of a Trichologist?
    Hair
  • Which B is a large muscle on the front of the upper arm?
    Biceps
  • What links your spleen, your gall bladder, your appendix and one of your kidneys (amongst others)?
    They are organs you can live without
  • A nephrologist is specialized in which organ of the body?
    Kidneys
  • Which Ancient Greek physician is known as ‘the Father of Medicine’ and still affirmed by all doctors in many countries today?
    Hippocrates (after whom the Hippocratic Oath is named)
  • What is the longest bone in the human body?
    Femur
  • Humans share 98.8% of their DNA with which animal?
    chimpanzee
  • How many patellas do human beings have?
    2 (kneecaps)
  • How many muscles are there in the body?
    600
  • For what do the initials G.P. stand?
    General Practitioner
  • Who is credited with the 1928 discovery of penicillin?
    Alexander Fleming
  • Which tubes carry oxygenated blood from the heart?
    Arteries
  • Which of your organs has stopped if you are experiencing a cardiac arrest?
    heart
  • Which key innovation, a way of taking a ‘photo’ of the inside of the body, was accidentally discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in 1895?
    Х-ray