Q 01/05

What is the medical specialty focused on diagnosing and treating conditions of the skin, hair, and nails?

A) Dermatologist

B) Oncologist

C) Neurologist

D) Cardiologist

Answer · why

A) Dermatologist

A dermatologist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the skin, hair, and nails.

Q 02/05

Which ancient Greek physician is widely regarded as the 'Father of Medicine'?

A) Galen

B) Aristotle

C) Avicenna

D) Hippocrates

Answer · why

D) Hippocrates

Hippocrates of Kos, born around 460 BC, is credited with establishing medicine as a distinct field based on observation and rational thought, earning ...

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

Pulmonologists are physicians who specialize in the respiratory system, including the lungs, airways, and related structures, diagnosing and treating ...

Q 04/05

In what year did Christiaan Barnard perform the first human-to-human heart transplant?

A) 1953

B) 1982

C) 1975

D) 1967

Answer · why

D) 1967

Louis Washkansky lived 18 days at Groote Schuur Hospital before pneumonia, brought on by anti-rejection drugs, killed him; the donor was accident vict...

Q 05/05

Which medical instrument is used for auscultation, listening to the body's internal sounds?

A) Stethoscope

B) Ophthalmoscope

C) Sphygmomanometer

D) Otoscope

Answer · why

A) Stethoscope

The stethoscope, invented by René Laennec in 1816, is a fundamental medical device used to listen to sounds from the heart, lungs, and intestines.