Introduction to Biomedical Engineering – Exam 1 Study Guide (Key Concepts,
Practice Questions & Answers)
Understanding __________ statistics are very important to biomedical engineering. - ANS
✔✔descriptive
T/F: Only biomedical engineering use descriptive statistics. - ANS ✔✔False, they could be used
in many areas of study like mathematics and economics
What are the four main questions? - ANS ✔✔1) What do biomedical engineers do?
2)What makes biomedical engineering different than other fields of engineering?
3)What are the key fields of development in the world of biomedical engineering?
4)How are instrument systems developed?
What are the perspectives of BME? - ANS ✔✔Industrial, research, and experience
What does technology have a major impact on? - ANS ✔✔Medical care
What does biomedical engineering integrate? - ANS ✔✔medicine (biology and chemistry) and
engineering (electronics and materials)
What does technology provide tools for? - ANS ✔✔research, diagnosis, and treatment
What three types of individuals does biomedical engineering involve training for? - ANS
✔✔1)clinical engineer in health care
2)biomedical design engineering for industry 3)research scientist
, What is biomedical engineering? (three types) - ANS ✔✔1) Problem solver
2) technological entrepreneur
3) engineer-scientist
Biomaterials - ANS ✔✔a substance that has been engineered to take a form which is used to
direct (by control of interactions with components of living systems) the course of any
therapeutic or diagnostic procedure
Clinical applications of biomaterials - ANS ✔✔medical technology and regenerative medicine in
all clinical disciplines, and diagnostic systems
Biomaterials examples - ANS ✔✔Heart valve, hip replacement, knee replacement, intraocular
lens, and intravascular stent
Biomechanics - ANS ✔✔complex modeling with numerical methods, computer simulations
Biomechanics examples - ANS ✔✔cardiovascular biomechanics, cell biomechanics, dental
biomechanics, respiratory biomechanics, function tissue engineering, injury biomechanics,
molecular biomechanics, orthopedic biomechanics, rehabilitation biomechanics, ergonomics,
and sports biomechanics
Bioinstrumentation - ANS ✔✔Instrumentation systems use sensors to measure a signal with
data acquisition, storage, and display capabilities (along with control and feedback)
Biosensors - ANS ✔✔detect analyte combined with biological component of a detector
(bioreceptor)
Biosensors example - ANS ✔✔ECG, EMG, EEG, Thermistor, bioreceptors
Practice Questions & Answers)
Understanding __________ statistics are very important to biomedical engineering. - ANS
✔✔descriptive
T/F: Only biomedical engineering use descriptive statistics. - ANS ✔✔False, they could be used
in many areas of study like mathematics and economics
What are the four main questions? - ANS ✔✔1) What do biomedical engineers do?
2)What makes biomedical engineering different than other fields of engineering?
3)What are the key fields of development in the world of biomedical engineering?
4)How are instrument systems developed?
What are the perspectives of BME? - ANS ✔✔Industrial, research, and experience
What does technology have a major impact on? - ANS ✔✔Medical care
What does biomedical engineering integrate? - ANS ✔✔medicine (biology and chemistry) and
engineering (electronics and materials)
What does technology provide tools for? - ANS ✔✔research, diagnosis, and treatment
What three types of individuals does biomedical engineering involve training for? - ANS
✔✔1)clinical engineer in health care
2)biomedical design engineering for industry 3)research scientist
, What is biomedical engineering? (three types) - ANS ✔✔1) Problem solver
2) technological entrepreneur
3) engineer-scientist
Biomaterials - ANS ✔✔a substance that has been engineered to take a form which is used to
direct (by control of interactions with components of living systems) the course of any
therapeutic or diagnostic procedure
Clinical applications of biomaterials - ANS ✔✔medical technology and regenerative medicine in
all clinical disciplines, and diagnostic systems
Biomaterials examples - ANS ✔✔Heart valve, hip replacement, knee replacement, intraocular
lens, and intravascular stent
Biomechanics - ANS ✔✔complex modeling with numerical methods, computer simulations
Biomechanics examples - ANS ✔✔cardiovascular biomechanics, cell biomechanics, dental
biomechanics, respiratory biomechanics, function tissue engineering, injury biomechanics,
molecular biomechanics, orthopedic biomechanics, rehabilitation biomechanics, ergonomics,
and sports biomechanics
Bioinstrumentation - ANS ✔✔Instrumentation systems use sensors to measure a signal with
data acquisition, storage, and display capabilities (along with control and feedback)
Biosensors - ANS ✔✔detect analyte combined with biological component of a detector
(bioreceptor)
Biosensors example - ANS ✔✔ECG, EMG, EEG, Thermistor, bioreceptors
