General
The purpose of a _________ in an electrical circuit is to limit or control the flow of electric current.
What is a Resistor?
The powerhouse of the cell; The Cell Organ that acts as a Capacitor.
What is the Mitochondria?
Potentiometers regulate ______.
What is current or voltage?
Name 3 of the 6 examples given of medical devices that use resistors/capacitors to function.
What are Pacemakers, Insulin pumps, Defibrillators, Electrocardiograms, Cochlear Implants, and MRIs?
Capacitance is measured in ________. (units)
What is Farads (F)?
Pores that halt or regulate the rate of ion movement across the cell membrane.
What are Ion Channels?
The most frequently used Chemical Capacitor.
What is an Electrolytic Capacitor?
An implanted device that delivers a series of electrical impulses to the heart via leads located in one or more chambers in the heart.
What is a pacemaker?
The purpose of a ________ in an electrical circuit is to store and release electrical energy.
What is a Capacitor?
The Primary Example of a Cell Structure acting as a Resistor. (hint: it was the only organelle mentioned)
What is The Nuclear Pore Complex (NPC)?
The Two types of Chemical Resistors
What is a Rheostat and Potentiometer?
It is in itself one large capacitor that delivers a large electric charge to a patient's heart externally.
What is a defibrillator?
Resistance is measured in _________. (units)
What is Ohms (Ω)?
The example used to describe a the Cell Structure with Capacitor AND Resistor properties.
What is the Cell Membrane?
The number of Terminals a Potentiometer Resistor has.
What is 3?
These are previously mentioned examples of resistors used in medical devices.
What are non-magnetic, Ultra high value and pulse withstanding resistors?
The two types of both Capacitors and Resistors.
What is Parallel and Series?
The 2 cellular organs that were "Honorably Mentioned" in this section of the presentation.
What are Lysosomes and Vacuoles?
The two MAJOR categories of chemical capacitors.
What is Wet and Solid?
The heart is naturally _____ when at rest, and _____ when an electrical current passes through it.
What is depolarized and polarized?
The Names of the 4 Presenters.
Who is Briana, Rachel, Paul, and Kennedy?