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Medicine and Mythology

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Mythology in Modern Times : Medicine and Mythology

Introduction:
"A substantial number of medical terms are derived from the names of ancient Greek and Roman deities and other characters from their mythologies. The following questions demonstrate the links between medicine and mythology."


1. The term insomnia is derived from Roman God Somnos or Somnus. What was he the God of?
    night
    the dark
    dreams
    sleep


2. Melissa was a nymph in Greek mythology. Her name is related to which medical condition?
    melituria (sugar in the urine)
    diabetes mellitus
    all three choices are correct
    melissophobia (fear of bees)


3. Another Greek goddess, Melanie, lends her name to melanoma. What does 'melano' mean in the medical term melanoma?
    dark or black
    sad
    bad
    colour


4. The symbols which denote male and female in medicine are derived from the symbols for which Roman God and Goddess?
    Mars and Diana
    Mercury and Diana
    Apollo and Venus
    Mars and Venus


5. Which God or Goddess lends his or her name to the controversial practice of assisting people with incurable illnesses to die with dignity?
    Thanatos
    Euthenia
    Euthanasia
    Necros


6. Psyche was a beautiful princess in Greek mythology. Her name is the basis for many medical terms, including psychiatry, psychology and psychotic. In such words, what does 'psych' represent?
    the eyes
    the brain
    the mind
    the heart


7. Which mythological character lends his name to a sleep inducing drug?
    Hypnos
    Morpheus
    all three choices are correct
    Narcissus


8. Hygiene is derived from Greek Goddess Hygieia. What was she the Goddess of?
    housework
    health
    cleanliness
    disease


9. The first cervical vertebra of the spinal column has a name which it shares with one of the Titans. This character supported the earth on his shoulders in the same way this vertebra supports the skull. What is the shared name?
    atlas
    aegis
    axis
    ares


10. Mars was the Roman God of War. His son, Phobos, lends his name to phobia, an extreme fear. Which of the following phobias contains the name of another character in mythology?
    acrophobia
    agoraphobia
    arachnophobia
    brontophobia


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