BME 302 PRACTICE SOLUTION TESTED
QUESTIONS COMPLETE STUDY MATERIAL
●● Problems in BME? (2)
Answer: - modeling of normal or abnormal physiology
- research and design of instrumentation and machines for medical
diagnosis or therapy
●● BME branches (5)
Answer: - biomaterials
- biomechanics
- biomedical imaging
- biosensors and instrumentation
- tissue engineering
●● Biomaterials
Answer: Development of devices which are used to enhance life
processes (ex: biological/artificial heart)
●● Biomechanics
Answer: The use of engineering or physics principles to understand the
performance of an organism
, ●● Biomedical imaging
Answer: The development and improvement of imaging devices (ex: x-
rays, MRIs, CAT scans, ultrasound
●● Biosensors and instrumentation
Answer: The development of sensors and data collection systems to
monitor and provide feedback on human body processes (ex: contact
lenses monitoring blood glucose levels for diabetes)
●● Tissue engineering
Answer: development of mechanisms to regrow tissues, mostly through
provision of environments in which tissues may grow (ex: through use
of stem cells, 3D printing)
●● What was the first prosthetic to be used, where/when was it found
and when is it from?
Answer: Around 1,000 B.C. in Thebes Egypt - in 2002 German
archaeologists uncovered 3000 yr old mummy with a wooden prosthetic
tied to foot to serve as big toe
(thought more for aesthetic reasons rather than functional, but found
wear marks on bottom showing use)
QUESTIONS COMPLETE STUDY MATERIAL
●● Problems in BME? (2)
Answer: - modeling of normal or abnormal physiology
- research and design of instrumentation and machines for medical
diagnosis or therapy
●● BME branches (5)
Answer: - biomaterials
- biomechanics
- biomedical imaging
- biosensors and instrumentation
- tissue engineering
●● Biomaterials
Answer: Development of devices which are used to enhance life
processes (ex: biological/artificial heart)
●● Biomechanics
Answer: The use of engineering or physics principles to understand the
performance of an organism
, ●● Biomedical imaging
Answer: The development and improvement of imaging devices (ex: x-
rays, MRIs, CAT scans, ultrasound
●● Biosensors and instrumentation
Answer: The development of sensors and data collection systems to
monitor and provide feedback on human body processes (ex: contact
lenses monitoring blood glucose levels for diabetes)
●● Tissue engineering
Answer: development of mechanisms to regrow tissues, mostly through
provision of environments in which tissues may grow (ex: through use
of stem cells, 3D printing)
●● What was the first prosthetic to be used, where/when was it found
and when is it from?
Answer: Around 1,000 B.C. in Thebes Egypt - in 2002 German
archaeologists uncovered 3000 yr old mummy with a wooden prosthetic
tied to foot to serve as big toe
(thought more for aesthetic reasons rather than functional, but found
wear marks on bottom showing use)
