Biomaterials & Biotechnology

Any material, apparatus, software, or other article that is used to: diagnose, prevent, treat, modify, or monitor a disease or injury

• Biomaterial

• medical device

• biomaterial

• stent

Metals are commonly used in medical implants, but they have the disadvantage of tending to corrode. When a metal corrodes, the metal is worn away or gradually destroyed.

Which of these is the most likely solution for preventing metal corrosion when metal is used in the human body?

• Cover the metal in a non-reactive chemical

• allow the metal to form compounds with tissue

• increase the surface area of the metal

• allow the metal to absorb fluids from the body

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Bones are one of the strongest organic materials with the ability to withstand strong amounts of force. Which of the following biomaterials would best meet the appropriate criteria to replace a bone?

• Plastics

• Metal Alloy

• Textiles

• Composities

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

A technology that is designed to help individuals, which also changes them permanently.

• Assistive Biotechnology

• Intended Benefit

• Adaptative Biotechnology

• Biomechanical engineering

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

A technology that is designed to help individuals, which does not change them.

• Adaptive biotechnology

• intended benefit

• assistive biotechnology

• biomechanical engineering

The reason for which a technology was originally designed

• intended benefit

• assistive technology

• biomechanical engineering

• adaptative engineering

Vaccines are

• adaptive

• Assistive

Fitbit, Apple Watches are

• Adaptive

• Assistive

Wheelchairs are

• adaptive

• Assistive

A cochlear implant is surgically inserted into a patients' ear. What type of bioengineering?

• controlled

• adaptative

• Assistve

• Qualtiative