BIOM 100 Quizzes
difference between mass and weight
-mass is a scalar and never changes -weight is a vector and is a result of the gravitational force on an object
True
Materials are used to make catheters are considered biomaterials
true
Studying how blood flows through our body is part of biomechanics
False
Titanium is biocompatible
Bioimaging cannot distinguish between benign and aggressive tumors.
True
false
a material can be said to be biocompatible w/o specifying the host response to the specific application
____ pressure is the pressure that your heart emits when blood is forced out of the heart and ________ pressure is the pressure exerted when the heart is relaxed.
a. Systolic, diastolic
To image cells___ would be the best technique. To image molecules _____ would be the best technique.
a. optical microscopy, x-ray crystallography
fabricate the materials into a device
an engineers role in making a new pacemaker would most likely be
high density and/or high atomic number tissue
cause more x-ray beam attenuation
plasmids
circular units of DNA engineered to carry genes to be inserted into the cells
skin
combination
glucose oxidase
common enzyme used for glucose detection
nerves
communication
bacteriophaes
engineered to be a vessel to carry genes to be inserted into cells
Bioimaging relates to methods that invasively visualize biological processes in real time
false
a significant smaller thermoelectric difference between the two materials will result in better thermocouple performance.
false
biotechnology is a new concept
false
kinematics is determining causes of motion and kinetic is motion descrption
false
modern biosensors cannot detect single molecule
false
pluripotent stem cells are the ones that produce all the cell types
false
aspirin
is not an example of biotechnology drug
crtilage
mechanical
liver
metabolic
bioreceptor
molecule that specifically recognizes the analyte
bone marrow
most prolific organ in the body
MRIs employ powerful magnets which produce a strong magnetic field that forces __________ in the body to align with that field.
protons
1. Ear thermometers often sense IR radiation emanated from the membranes of the ear. This is measured using a __________ crystal
pyroelectric
not an example of cell based therapy
scaffolds madeto recruit host cells
stiffnes
the slope of force/displacement curve
drug behavior
this is not part of phase 2 in drug development
When the cuff pressure is higher than arterial pressure, the blood flow will be stopped.
true
blood ph sensor is not considered a biosensor
true
tissue engineering can have therapeutic application
true
vectors are units where size units and direction must be specified
true
venous tubes have larger cross-sectional area than arterial tubes
true
very reproducible indicate high recision
true
Polymers
type of material that sutures are most likely made of
DNA ligase
used to paste new genes into a DNA sequence
restriction enzyme
used to snip specific genes like DNA