Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 111
Question 1
You notice a unusual looking, reddish, fern-like design on a friend’s shoulder. You assume that it is a ‘henna tattoo’…but it is not. What is it, how did she get it and how long will it last?
- Lichtenberg figures
- Also known as called “lightning flowers” can appear across the skin after being struck by lightning.
- They are transient and fade after a few days. [Reference]
Question 2
What are the Greville Chester great toe and Cairo toe examples of?
- Prosthetics
- These are the earliest example of prosthetics – artificial toes found on mummified bodies, made from linen glue and plaster.
- They helped you keep your thongs on!! [Reference]
Question 3
“Kids are different today, I hear every mother say. Mother needs something today to calm her down and though she’s not really ill, there’s a little yellow pill. She goes running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper, and it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day” What is Mother’s little helper? Who wrote the song?
- Diazepam.
- Mick Jagger/Keith Richards wrote the song and it was released in 1966. [Reference]
Question 4
Thomas Wharton is bringing dessert to your dinner gathering, what might you expect and what is it made from?
- Jelly
- Wharton’s jelly is a mucopolysaccharide based substance found in the umbilical cord and in the eye.
- When it is exposed to temperature changes it collapses structures within the umbilical cord, thus acting as a physiological clamp approximately 5 minutes after birth.
- Let’s hope he brings ice cream instead. [Reference]
Question 5
It’s not one you might have in your procedure log, but what is the “intracarotid sodium amobarbital procedure” used for? Bonus point for the test’s eponymous name.
- It’s a diagnostic procedure to determine which hemisphere is dominant for speech (and memory/cognitive processing)
- Used prior to undergoing surgical procedures for epilepsy.
- The test helps determine whether an awake craniotomy is required.
- Otherwise known as the Wada test named after Canadian neurologist and epileptologist – Dr Juhn Atsushi Wada [Reference]
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