medical terminology- Eponyms

Question 1

Achilles tendon

Answer 1

A thick tendon located in the back of the leg

Question 2

Addison Disease

Answer 2

Outer layer of the adrenal glands becomes damaged and can’t make enough hormones

Question 3

Bouchard Nodes

Answer 3

Bony overgrowths of the middle joints of the fingers caused by osteoarthritis.

Question 4

Crohn Disease

Answer 4

A chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects the lining of the digestive tract.

Question 5

Cushing disease

Answer 5

When the body has too much of the hormone cortisol for a long time.

Question 6

Graves Disease

Answer 6

A disorder of the immune system that causes the thyroid gland to make too much thyroid hormone

Question 7

Heberden Nodes

Answer 7

Small, pea-sized bony growths that occur on the joint closest to the tip of the finger,

Question 8

Hodgkin Lymphoma

Answer 8

A Type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system and immune system

Question 9

Paget Disease

Answer 9

Interferes with your body’s normal recycling process, in which new bone tissue gradually replaces old bone tissue.

Question 10

Parkinson disease

Answer 10

A disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement, often including tremors.

Question 11

Ebola Virus

Answer 11

A virus that caused a rare and deadly viral hemorrhagic fever affecting humans & non human primates