1. Which ancient Greek is considered the father of medicine?
A) Hippocrates ✔️
B) Aristotle
2. The earliest surgery is thought to have taken place in which present day country?
A) England
B) Egypt ✔️"
3. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is credited with being the first to observe _____
A) Bacteria ✔️
B) Viruses
4. A popular medical drama on television is set in teaching hospital where medical and nursing students receive hands-on training. What kind of medical site is MOST likely being depicted here?
A) Public healthcare site ✔️
B) Private healthcare site
5. What did the practice of trepanation involve?
A) Replacing the knee joint
B) Drilling a hole in the skull ✔️
6. Polly is accompanied by her daughter-in-law to her checkup. The receptionist asks if Polly has her current Medicare card so that she might make a copy of it. Medicare is an example of what kind of health care payment?
A) Private insurance
B) Social insurance program ✔️
7. Five-year-old Brittney is diagnosed with strep throat. She is given a prescription for penicillin and assured that she will feel better in a day or two. Just a century or two before Brittney might not have recovered from this illness. How did scientists discover this important drug?
A) They accidently realized that its ingredients would kill bacteria. ✔️
B) They conducted in experiments with different herbs until they found the right one.
8. What can examining holes in ancient skulls made by trepanation tell scientists?
A) How the personal ultimately died
B) Whether the person lived after the procedure ✔️
9. Which occupation would NOT be found in health science?
A) Dental Hygienist
B) Agricultural engineer ✔️
10. If an ancient Egyptian warrior sustained a scrape from an enemy arrow passing close by him, what treatment would the physicians MOST likely have prescribed to prevent the scrape from becoming infected?
A) Applying honey to the scrape
B) Attaching leeches to bleed the scrape
11. An ancient ruler suffered from terrible pain in his joints. His physician felt that the pain indicated that the spirits representing his organs, such as his hear, liver, lungs, and spleen, were out of alignment. They physician prescribed treatments to realign the spirits in order to make hi ruler feel better. What ancient civilization was this ruler MOST likely a part of?
A) Rome
B) China ✔️
12. In what societies were the world's first real hospitals based?
A) European
B) Islamic ✔️
13. What practice in medieval Europe MOST contributed to the expansion of medical science?
A) Dissection ✔️
B) Quarantine
14. Which famous scientist is sometimes credited as being the father of modern human anatomy?
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Andreas Vesalius ✔️
15. What important insight could be gained by dissecting a human body?
A) The lungs can become damaged by inhaling substances.c✔️
B) Penicillin can kill bacteria.
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