Statistics for Medicine and Anatomy by Letter - A

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
A hormone that one can get a 'rush' of in exciting or dangerous situations	Adrenaline	92%
The largest blood vessel in the human body	Aorta	92%
The large tendon above the heel that allows the calf muscles to move the foot	{Achilles} tendon	91%
A surgical procedure in which a body part such as an arm or foot is removed	Amputation	89%
Used during surgery to make the patiënt 'go under' and not feel pain	Anesthesia	89%
A body part that is attached to the large intestine, but serves no purpose	Appendix	89%
A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart	Artery	88%
The joint between the leg and the foot	Ankle	86%
A kind of medicine that can be used to stop bacterial infections	Antibiotics	86%
Leading cause of dementia, causes progressive damage to brain function in the elderly	Alzheimer's Disease	81%
A condition that can cause fatigue due to a low amount of red blood cells in the blood	Anemia	79%
A condition in which the patient suffers from attacks of shortness of breath	Asthma	79%
A condition characterized by memory loss	Amnesia	76%
An overreaction of the immune system to harmless foods or substances	Allergy	74%
The name of the two 'upper'' chambers of the heart, where blood first enters	Atrium	74%
The small chemical compounds that, when linked together, form proteins	Amino acids	73%
The brand name of acetylsalicylic acid, a very common painkiller	Aspirin	66%
The minuscule sacs in the lungs where gas exchange takes place	Alveoli	65%
Disease made famous by the Ice Bucket Challenge, notably affected Stephen Hawking	ALS	64%
A weak point in the wall of a blood vessel that can burst, often in the brain	Aneurysm	56%
Chemical that is mainly produced in mitochondria and stores energy	ATP	56%
The long extension of nerve cells through which signals travel to next cells	Axon	54%