Biomedical Engineering & Experimental Design
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:This variable is deliberately changed by the scientist.
What is the independent variable?
This small wire-mesh tube is used to keep a narrowed artery open.
What is a stent?
This field focuses on repairing or replacing damaged tissues and organs.
What is regenerative medicine?
Vaccinations are an example of this level of prevention.
What is primary prevention?
Designing inventions based on structures or processes found in nature is called this.
What is biomimicry?
This field combines science, medicine, math, and engineering to improve human health.
What is biomedical engineering?
This disease occurs when plaque narrows the arteries supplying blood to the heart.
What is coronary artery disease?
A person who provides an organ, tissue, or blood is called this.
What is a donor?
Screening tests that detect disease early represent this level of prevention.
What is secondary prevention?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:This mapping technology allows researchers to collect and analyze location-based disease data.
What is GIS?
This biomedical field creates artificial replacement body parts.
What is prosthetics?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:This is the buildup of fatty plaque inside blood vessels.
What is atherosclerosis?
Doctors compare blood type and these immune-system markers when matching donors and recipients.
What are HLA markers?
Rehabilitation that reduces complications from an existing disease represents this level.
What is tertiary prevention?
Paul’s written descriptions of his emotions, stress, and sleep quality provide this type of data.
What is qualitative data?
This variable is observed or measured during an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
This device expands a stent and pushes plaque against the artery wall.
What is a balloon catheter?
This happens when the immune system identifies a transplanted organ as foreign and attacks it.
What is transplant rejection?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This coating prevents a pill from dissolving in the acidic stomach.
What is an enteric coating?
Searching organisms in nature for useful chemicals or medicines is called this.
What is bioprospecting?
These are the conditions kept the same throughout an investigation.
What are constants?
This type of stent slowly releases medication to reduce inflammation and clotting.
What is a drug-eluting stent?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: The transplantation of tissues or organs between different species is called this.
What is xenotransplantation?
An enteric-coated pill is designed to release its medication mainly in this organ.
What is the small intestine?
What are 5 long term health effects of space travel?