Health Science Cluster

What is Health Science ?

• Caring for a patient.

• The act of taking preventative or necessary medical procedures to improve a person's well-being.​

• Caring for an animal.

Current medical practices with ties to historical procedues include

• improved hygiene and hand washing

• use of leeches

• acupunture

• all of the above

Which is an example of a prosthetic device?

• crutches

• an arm sling

• artificial leg

• braces

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

Medical technologies invvented beween 1600 and 1800 AD did not include

• microscopes

• bifocals

• lasers

• dissection

positive effect of technology

• technology

• benefit

• risk

• bioengineering

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Use of scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

• technology

• risks

• benefits

• bioengineering

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

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A century ago, physicians were able to treat the pain involved with a disease and cure the disease using limied equipment and resources available to them.

• True

• False

Which is an example of a prosthetic device?

• a hearing aid

• an ace bandage

• a cast

• gloves

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

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negative effect of technology

• bioengineering

• biotechnology

• risk

• benefit

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Which of the following is not a recent advancement in healhcare?

• genetic testing

• trepanning

• miniaturization

• stem cell research