Paging Dr. Acula Trivia Quiz

Answer: Thyroid

Graves' disease is an autoimmune disease that results in an overactive and enlarged thyroid gland, often accompanied by bulging eyes (exophthalmos) and thickening of the skin on the shins (pretibial myxoedema). It is named after the Irish physician Robert James Graves, who described it in 1835.

Answer: Adrenal glands

Addison's disease is an endocrine disorder in which the adrenal glands, which sit on top of the kidneys, fail to produce sufficient steroid hormones. It is named after Thomas Addison, who described it in 1855.

Answer: Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a major psychotic disorder with a wide variety of signs and symptoms, including false beliefs, hallucinations, confused thinking and abnormal social behaviour. It is treated by medication and counselling.

Answer: Ankle

A Pott's fracture is an ankle fracture involving both malleoli. (The malleoli are the bony prominences on either side of the ankle, the inner one belonging to the tibia and the outer one to the fibula.) It normally involves fracture of the distal fibula accompanied by dislocation of the ankle joint. It is named after the English physician Percivall Pott, who described it in 1769.

Answer: Right upper abdomen

Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gall bladder, an organ that stores and concentrates bile produced by the liver, before releasing it into the small intestine. The condition is usually caused by blockage of the cystic duct by a gallstone. Cholecystitis is more common in women than in men and has four major 'F' risk factors: Female, Forty, Fertile and Fat.

Answer: Shoulder

The shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint between the scapula and the humerus. Unlike the hip joint, which is also a ball and socket joint, the shoulder socket is very shallow, like a saucer, and the ball is held in place by a complex system of muscles and tendons called the rotator cuff.

The joint capsule is very loose to allow maximum movement, but the downside of this is the propensity for dislocation.

Answer: Ophthalmology

Uveitis is inflammation of all or part of the pigmented layer of the eye that includes the iris, ciliary body and choroid. It constitutes an ophthalmic emergency because it can lead to permanent vision loss if left untreated.

Answer: Neurology

Gliomas are tumours of nervous tissue that arise in the brain or spine, mostly the former. They are called gliomas because they form from glial cells.

Answer: Vasopressin

Diabetes insipidus presents with symptoms similar to those of untreated diabetes mellitus (excessive urination and extreme thirst), but the urine does not contain glucose. It is caused either by the hypothalamus not producing enough vasopressin (also called anitdiuretic hormone) or by the kidney failing to respond normally to this hormone.

These conditions are respectively called neurogenic and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.

Answer: Tennis elbow

Tennis elbow is lateral epicondylitis, whereas golfer's elbow is medial epicondylitis. They are both caused by overuse and subsequent damage to the affected muscles and tendons. Housemaid's knee is a condition caused by inflammation of the bursa (small sac) in front of the kneecap (patella).

It typically occurs in people who spend a significant amount of time kneeling. Meniscus tear is a tear in one of the pieces of cartilage (menisci) in the knee, a condition to which footballers are especially prone.