Biomechanics
This invisible gravitational pull pulls downward on your body weight on Earth at roughly 9.8 meters per second squared.
What is gravity?
Found in milk and dairy, this mineral gives human bones and teeth their rigid, hard structure.
What is calcium?
The classic medical tool hung around a doctor's neck used to listen to heartbeats and lung sounds.
What is a stethoscope?
Famously crowned the "powerhouse of the cell", this organelle produces cellular energy.
What is the mitochondria?
Coulter BME is unique nationwide because it operates as a joint partnership between Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering and the medical school of this neighboring Atlanta university.
What is Emory University (or Emory)?
Knees and elbows are examples of these pivot points where two or more bones meet to allow movement.
What are joints?
When surgeons close up a cut or surgical incision, they sew the wound together using these threads.
What are stitches/sutures?
If an athlete suspects a broken bone, the urgent care clinic takes this high-energy electromagnetic scan to look at the fracture.
What is an X-ray?
Shaped like a twisted ladder or double helix, this molecule stores the genetic instruction manual for living organisms.
What is DNA?
This heavy-duty pressure cooker uses high-pressure steam at 121°C to completely sterilize lab glassware, liquids, and surgical tools.
What is an autoclave?
Acting like cables, these bands of fibrous tissue connect skeletal muscles to bones so you can move your limbs.
What are tendons?
Harder than normal bone, this shiny outer layer of human teeth is the hardest biological substance in the entire human body.
What is enamel?
Rather than using radiation like an X-ray, this massive tunnel scanner uses giant magnets and radio waves to take detailed pictures of soft tissue.
What is an MRI?
Named after a German bacteriologist, this shallow cylindrical clear dish is the standard container used to grow bacteria and cells on agar.
What is a petri dish?
The most widespread handheld instrument on any molecular biology bench, this plunger tool uses disposable plastic tips to measure out liquid in microliters.
What is a micropipette?
Described by Newton’s First Law, this property explains why a hockey puck keeps sliding on ice until another force stops it.
What is inertia?
In biomedical engineering, this fundamental term describes the ability of an implant material to perform safely inside the human body without causing a toxic or harmful reaction.
What is biocompatibility?
Clipped onto a patient's fingertip, this noninvasive optical monitor calculates arterial oxygen saturation by measuring the difference in red and infrared light absorption through pulsing blood.
What is a pulse oximeter/PPG?
These "blank slate" cells have the unique ability to renew themselves and develop into many different specialized cell types in the body.
What are stem cells?
To avoid inhaling hazardous chemical fumes or vapors, reactions must be conducted inside this enclosed workstation with a sliding glass sash.
What is a fume hood?
Explaining why athletes bend their knees upon landing from a jump, this classical mechanics principle states that lengthening the contact time (Delta T) minimizes the peak force exerted during a change in linear momentum.
What is the Impulse-Momentum Theorem?
Commonly used for artificial hip joints, dental implants, and bone screws, this lightweight metal is celebrated because it binds directly to bone without causing toxic reactions.
What is Titanium?
Using sticky electrodes placed on the chest and limbs, this diagnostic test measures and graphs the electrical activity of the heart, famously displaying P, QRS, and T waves.
What is an EKG/ECG?
Added to agar plates and liquid media during bacterial transformations, this beta-lactam antibiotic is commonly used as a selection agent to ensure only cells containing a specific resistance plasmid survive.
What is ampicillin?
Packed with frost and kept at this exact sub-zero temperature in Celsius, this heavy-duty laboratory freezer is where cell lines and enzymes are preserved long-term.
What is a -80°C/minus eighty freezer?