1. Which of these might be prescribed to a patient who has been diagnosed with major depressive disorder?

2. Which of these is NOT a component of a neuron?

3. The part of the brain primarily responsible for production of speech is the ____.

4. Prosopagnosia is also known as ____.

5. Which of these is NOT a part of the brainstem?

6. Which part of the brain controls the pituitary gland?

7. Which is the process involving the reabsorption of neurotransmitters within a synapse for later use?

8. What causes the blood disease thalassemia?

9. Which pioneering scientist received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1983, when she was 81 years old, for her work on genes in the 1940s and the 1950s?

10. Who discovered the major blood groups and developed the ABO system of blood typing, which made blood transfusion a routine medical practice?

11. Which of these is another name for growth hormone?

12. Which part of the human body does multiple sclerosis affect?

13. What condition is caused by the deposition of salts of uric acid?

14. Which of these is not a form of colour blindness?

15. What is eczema?

16. Which brain disorder results in a progressive and irreversible decline in memory and various other cognitive functions?

17. Who developed a vaccine against poliomyelitis?

18. What is the scientific term for a disease that causes dizziness?

19. Which of these is a kind of flu?

20. Which eating disorder is characterized by periods of binging followed by inappropriate attempts to compensate for the binge, including induced vomiting?

21. Beriberi, meaning “extreme weakness,” is the name of a disorder caused by a lack of which vitamin?

22. According to Jean Piaget, what process goes through sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational stages?

23. Viruses can fight cancer.

24. Which of these metals is found in hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein that makes blood red?

25. On what part of the body is a sphygmomanometer used?

26. All diseases now on Earth are very recent.

27. The spleen is part of the lymphatic system.

28. The auditory, or acoustic, nerve connects the brain with the ear. Its two parts have separate functions. One of the functions is hearing. What is the other?

29. Where in the body are the adrenal glands located?

30. If a person has lockjaw, what disease are they suffering from?

31. What is the generic term for inflammation of the mucous tissue of the nose?

32. Diabetes can be brought on by poor diet.

33. In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which needs are considered the most primary?

34. What is the disease pertussis commonly known as?

35. All blue-eyed people have a common ancestor.

36. The visible spectrum that humans can see is vast.

37. What movement in psychology rejected behaviourism and psychoanalysis as being too deterministic and instead advocated treating the person as a free individual able to direct their own behaviour?

38. Hair helps us hear.

39. Humans use electricity when they think.

40. What is the name for fear of open spaces?

41. We use only 10 percent of our brains.

42. A human cannot live without a stomach.

43. The human digestive tract is only a few centimeters long.

44. The most common bacterium is E. coli.