Nevada/California Regional Honors Institute

Phi Theta Kappa
Nevada-California Region
The Dimensions and Directions of Health:
Choices in the Maze

Call the Dr.

Ology comes from the Greek logos, meaning the "study of" something. There are an incredible amount of different branches of science, thus there are a lot of -ologies. Many of these ologies start with a Greek or Latin prefix. The -ologist examines that field in detail.

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Questions. Select the letter corresponding to the correct term from the Answer Choices.

1. Studies diseases of the musculoskeletal system.

2. Studies kidney diseases.

3. Called to investigate a sighting of Africanized or "killer" bees.

4. Called to investigate death of a horse.

5. You would call this person for your earache.

6. An expert on the microscopic structure of plants and animals.

7. Called to identify a poisonous fungus.

8. Investigates control measures for black and red fire ants.

9. Looks at microscope slides to determine whether a tissue is diseased.

10. Specializes in lung diseases.

11. Studies blood and its diseases.

12. Looks for the cause of disease.

13. Called to identify a poisonous fruit.

14. Called to identify a poisonous snake.

Answer Choices
Choices may be used once, more than once, or not at all.

a. apiologist

b. cytologist

c. dermatologist

d. embryologist

e. epidemiologist

f. ethologist

g. etiologist

h. hematologist

i. herpetologist

j. hippologist

k. histologist

l. ichthyologist

m. immunologist

n. mycologist

o. myrmecologist

p. nephrologist

q. ophthalmologist

r. osteologist

s. otologist

t. pathologist

u. pharmacologist

v. pomologist

w. pulmonologist

x. radiologist

y. rheumatologist

z. toxicologist