Session 6: Mythology

Question 1

achilles

Answer 1

greek hero

Question 2

achilles tendon

Answer 2

large tendon of the heel

Question 3

aesculapius

Answer 3

god of medicine

Question 4

aesculapian staff

Answer 4

symbol of medicine (one snake, no wings)

Question 5

aesculapian staff

Answer 5

symbol of medicine (one snake, no wings)

Question 6

Aphrodite

Answer 6

goddess of love and beauty

Question 7

aphrodisiac

Answer 7

substance alleged to increase sexual desire

Question 8

Arachne

Answer 8

goddess of weaving

Question 9

arachnoid

Answer 9

web-like middle lining for the spinal cord

Question 10

atlas

Answer 10

titan who holds up the heavens

Question 11

atlas (medical)

Answer 11

first vertebra of the neck that holds up the skull

Question 12

Atropos

Answer 12

fate that cuts thread of life

Question 13

atropine

Answer 13

potential poison that is used to dry respiratory secretions and prevent heart from beating too slow during surgery

Question 14

caduceus

Answer 14

staff of mercury, messenger of god

Question 15

staff of caduceus

Answer 15

symbol of army medical corps and incorrect symbol of medicine (two snakes + wings)

Question 16

cesarean

Answer 16

method of Julius caesar’s birth

Question 17

cesarean or C-section

Answer 17

cutting the abdomen and uterus to retrieve a baby

Question 18

cyclops

Answer 18

one-eyed monster

Question 19

cyclopia

Answer 19

development abnormality when a baby is borne with one, centrally located eye in forehead

Question 20

giant

Answer 20

large superhuman

Question 21

gigantism

Answer 21

huge body size caused by excessive growth hormone secretion in a young individual

Question 22

hermaphroditus

Answer 22

male boy god who became united with a nymph (salmacis)

Question 23

hermaphrodite

Answer 23

developmental abnormality that produces an individual with both male and female sex organs

Question 24

hygeia

Answer 24

goddess of health

Question 25

hygiene

Answer 25

practice of healthy habits

Question 26

hymen (mythology)

Answer 26

god of marriage

Question 27

hymen (med terml)

Answer 27

membrane at entrance of vagina

Question 28

iris (mythology)

Answer 28

goddess of rainbows

Question 29

iris (med term)

Answer 29

colored part of the eye

Question 30

meditrine

Answer 30

daughter of a

Question 30

meditrine

Answer 30

daughter of aesculapius

Question 31

medicine

Answer 31

a healing substance

Question 32

morpheus

Answer 32

god of dreams (and forms)

Question 33

morphology

Answer 33

study of form, structure, and shapes

Question 34

morphine

Answer 34

drug that can cause strange dreams

Question 35

nymph (mythology)

Answer 35

(young girl) goddess of nature

Question 36

nymph (med term)

Answer 36

developing form (either sex) of “bugs”

Question 37

nymphomania

Answer 37

excessive sexual desire in a female

Question 38

nymphomania

Answer 38

excessive sexual desire in a female

Question 39

panacea (mythology)

Answer 39

daughter of aesculapius

Question 40

panacea (med term)

Answer 40

a cure-all (hoax)

Question 41

priapus

Answer 41

male god of procreation

Question 42

priapism

Answer 42

an abnormal persistent erection of the penis

Question 43

psyche

Answer 43

goddess of thought and judgement

Question 44

psychology

Answer 44

study of the human mind and conscious self

Question 45

recipe

Answer 45

Horus, sun god of health

Question 46

Rx

Answer 46

pharmacy symbol

Question 47

satyrs

Answer 47

male fertility wood spirit

Question 48

satyriasis

Answer 48

excessive sexual desire in a male

Question 49

thanatos

Answer 49

death

Question 50

euthanasia

Answer 50

quiet, painless death

Question 51

venus

Answer 51

goddess of sexual

Question 52

venereal

Answer 52

transmitted by sexual intercourse