Statistics for Medicine and Anatomy by Letter - G

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
A sugar with molecular formula C6H12O6, our most important source of energy	Glucose	98%
An internal organ that stores the bile produced by the liver	Gallbladder	94%
Soft, pink tissue that surrounds the teeth	Gums	89%
One of the largest and strongest muscles of the body, also gives shape to the buttocks	{Gluteus} maximus	84%
A doctor who is specialized in the female reproductive system	Gynaecologist	84%
Any organ or group of cells that secretes a product, such as a hormone, sweat, or saliva	Gland	75%
An infection of the above, often caused by plaque	Gingivitis	73%
A hormone also called somatotropin, a deficiency at a young age can lead to short stature	{Growth} hormone	73%
Common STI that causes painful urination and discharge	Gonorrhea	70%
Historically known as 'the disease of kings': an inflammation of a joint, often the big toe	Gout	69%
An organelle that packages proteins in vesicles to send them to different destinations	{Golgi} apparatus	67%
Describing the stomach; as 'cardiac' stands to heart and 'pulmonary' stands to lungs	Gastric	66%
A common disease of the eye causing vision loss, usually caused by high eye pressure	Glaucoma	65%
A surgical procedure where tissue, often skin, is moved from one part of the body to another	Grafting	65%
A DNA sequence that encodes for a specific protein	Gene	61%
A large molecule stored in the liver, which consists of many linked units of the above	Glycogen	58%
Tissue death caused by lack of blood supply, that can cause the skin to turn black	Gangrene	53%
An organ that produces sex hormones and sex cells: the testes and the ovaries	Gonad	50%
A sex cell produced by the above, comes in sperm and egg variants	Gamete	48%
Cells that support and protect nerve cells in the central nervous sytem	{Glial} cells	46%
A network of small blood vessels in the kidney, at the start of a nephron	Glomerulus	35%
A tumor of the above; the most common malignant brain tumor	Glioma	29%