Biomedical Engineering Review

What materials are used to make artificial valves that the body more readily accepts?

• Metal

• Plastic

• Animal Tissue

• Silicone

A person can receive this serious injury that affects brain function when hit in the head.

• Contusion

• Concussion

• Fracture

• Hematoma

What carries de-oxygenated blood back to the heart?

• Veins

• Arteries

• Capillaries

• Aorta

Medical imaging is a specialty of biomedical engineering. Daily, what do they work with?

• MRI

• Wheelchairs

• Photography

• Prosthetics

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What are thin, fragile vessels that distribute blood from arteries to tissues and vice versa.

• Arteries

• Veins

• Capillaries

• Ventricles

Biomedical engineers do which of the following?

• Develop devices to prevent or treat diseases

• Repair biomedical equipment

• Train people to use biomedical equipment

• All of the above

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What is the disease where valve leaflets become floppy or stretched out?

• Valve prolapse

• Valve Stenosis

• Vavlulitus

• Heart Attack

When engineers brainstorm, what do they make sure to do?

• Criticize all ideas

• Come up with 1 idea

• Come up with many ideas

• Talk about weekend plans

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What is one pro about having a mechanical valve?

• It is natural

• It lasts a lifetime

• No medicine

• No blood clots

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What are the largest blood vessels in the body that pump blood directly from the heart?

• Arteries

• Veins

• Capillaries

• Atriums