Q 01/05

Which medical specialist diagnoses and treats conditions of the skin, hair and nails?

A) Dermatologist

B) Oncologist

C) Neurologist

D) Cardiologist

Answer · why

A) Dermatologist

Dermatologist: the skin is the body's largest organ, and a rash or sore is sometimes the first sign of a serious illness elsewhere, so a skin doctor m...

Q 02/05

A nephrologist is a doctor who specialises in diseases of what?

A) The kidneys

B) The liver

C) The nerves

D) The bladder

Answer · why

A) The kidneys

The kidneys: nephros is Greek for kidney, while the Latin word for the same organ, renes, gave us 'renal', which is why one organ carries two sets of ...

Q 03/05

A pulmonologist specialises in diseases of which part of the body?

A) Heart and blood vessels

B) Lungs and airways

C) Brain and nerves

D) Stomach and intestines

Answer · why

B) Lungs and airways

Lungs and airways: because failing lungs mean ventilators and life support, many pulmonologists also train in critical care and help run intensive car...

Q 04/05

Which disease forced transplant pioneer Christiaan Barnard to give up surgery?

A) Rheumatoid arthritis

B) Parkinson's disease

C) Multiple sclerosis

D) Motor neurone disease

Answer · why

A) Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis plagued Barnard for decades and finally stopped him operating in the early 1980s, some sixteen years after his famous 1967 first;...

Q 05/05

Which instrument does a doctor use for auscultation during a physical examination?

A) Stethoscope

B) Ophthalmoscope

C) Sphygmomanometer

D) Otoscope

Answer · why

A) Stethoscope

Stethoscope: auscultation comes from the Latin for listening, and the heart's familiar 'lub-dub' it picks up is the sound of valves snapping shut.