Medical Devices
This chest-implanted device prevents dangerously slow or irregular heart rhythms
What is a pacemaker/PPM?
These three categories describe the primary types of materials used in medical implants and devices.
What are ceramics, metals, and polymers/hydrogels?
Accidentally discovered in 1895, this imaging method allows doctors to see inside the body without surgery.
What are X-rays?
This organ serves as the body’s primary protective barrier and is also its largest.
What is skin?
This ancient Greek figure is associated with the principle that disease has natural causes and with a famous medical oath.
Who is Hippocrates?
Most hip and knee implants are designed to function within this typical range before needing repair or removal
What is 15 to 20 years?
This Latin term describes experiments conducted on tissue outside of a living organism.
What is ex vivo?
Used in MRI scans, these stark substances improve the visibility of internal structures and abnormalities.
What are contrast agents?
This protective system restricts many substances from entering the brain.
What is the blood-brain barrier?
This nursing pioneer introduced sanitation practices that transformed hospital care.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This branch of AI enables prosthetic limbs to adapt and improve based on user data.
What is machine learning/ML?
Call the civil engineers! In tissue engineering, this temporary 3D structure provides support for growing cells.
What is scaffolding?
Originally used as a placeholder, the "x" in X-ray stands for what?
What is unknown?
Any organism or agent capable of causing disease is known by this term.
What is a pathogen?
These widely used research cells originated from this woman without her consent.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
This hearing device bypasses damaged inner-ear structures to stimulate the auditory nerve directly.
What is a cochlear implant?
This early suture material, used by Ancient Egyptians, is considered the first known example of biomaterial usage.
What is animal sinew/tendons?
This imaging technique uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed internal images.
What is MRI?
This metabolic cycle describes how cells extract energy from nutrients like fats and proteins.
What is the Krebs Cycle?
This scientist established germ theory and developed a process to preserve food safely.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
Often paired with mobile apps, this device tracks blood sugar levels continuously throughout the day.
What is a continuous glucose monitor?
Calcium phosphate materials are known for bonding directly with this type of tissue.
What is bone?
This imaging method uses high-frequency sound waves to generate real-time visuals inside the body.
What is an ultrasound?
This suffix refers to the breakdown or destruction of cells.
What is –lysis?
This early 20th-century physician promoted the use of mobile x-ray imaging to detect tuberculosis.
Who is Dr. Alan L. Hart?