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Narrowing of a blood vessel that obstructs flow

• Stenosis

• Insufficiency

• Regurgitation

• Endocarditis

The silastic ball in the Stark-Edwards heart valve design is called ___ in mechanical heart valves.

• Occluder

• Sewing cuff

• Superstructure

• Bileaflet

The layer in the structure of an artery that contains the endothelium

• Lumen

• Intima

• Media

• Adventitia

 Abnormal dilation causing abnormal flow and thrombosis

Pluronics is an example of

• Micelles

• Liposomes

• Polymersomes

• Quantum dots

PAMAM is an example of drug pill

• Nanocapsules

• Nanogels

• Inorganic nanoparticles

• Dendrimers

A characteristic of a nanoparticle measured to ensure non-aggregation

In drug delivery, glutathione is used for ___ - responsive drug delivery systems

• light

• pH

• redox

• temperature

A test used to assess the mutagenicity of biomaterials

• Ames test

• MTT assay

• ELISA

• hemolytic assay

A computational technique used to simulate and analyze fluid flow problems, including that of blood