Re: Brainteaser: The Human Body and its Ailments
BlackAdder Send a noteboard - 04/12/2010 11:52:07 PM
Nice quiz!
German measles
Stomach
Africa
Malaria
... I think this is going for rhinorrhea/common cold, but really it's not just 'another name' for it. Coryza is seen in other cases too.
thickening of flexor retinaculum and compression of median nerve in the wrist
brain
reagan/thatcher
... hmm, I really don't know.
hay fever
will check later, but cool quiz
1. Rubella is a disease which is also commonly called what?
German measles
2. Gastritis is an inflammation of which part of the body?
Stomach
3. Sleeping sickness is found mainly in which continent?
Africa
4. Which disease gets its name from an Italian phrase meaning "bad air"; from the former belief that it was caused by gases from marshy places?
Malaria
5. Coryza is another name for which common ailment?
... I think this is going for rhinorrhea/common cold, but really it's not just 'another name' for it. Coryza is seen in other cases too.
6. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a painful condition of which part or parts of the body?
thickening of flexor retinaculum and compression of median nerve in the wrist
7. Encephalitis is inflammation of which part of the body?
brain
8. Dupuytren's contracture is a condition in which one or more fingers are bent in towards the palm of the hand. Name either the US president or the British prime minister who suffered from this in recent decades.
reagan/thatcher
9. Hansen's disease is another name for which infectious bacterial disease?
... hmm, I really don't know.
10. Seasonal allergic rhinitis is another name for which ailment?
hay fever
Answers in first response (unless one of you is freaky fast!).
will check later, but cool quiz
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