MTSTS: 4 Chapter 2

Question 0

A medical test commonly performed by a surgeon or an interventional radiologist that involves sampling of cells or tissues for examination

Answer 0

Biopsy

Question 1

The application of engineering sciences, methods, and techniques to problems in medicine and biology

Answer 1

Bioengineering

Question 2

A field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine, and other fields requiring bioproducts

Answer 2

Biotechnology

Question 3

Diseases affecting blood clotting

Answer 3

Coagulopathies

Question 4

A process undertaken by a hospital or a blood bank to determine if blood for transfusion is compatible with the patient’s blood type

Answer 4

Cross matching

Question 5

A method of multiplying microbial organisms in media

Answer 5

Culture

Question 6

Also known as stool, it is the waste product of the human digestive system, and includes bacteria

Answer 6

Feces

Question 7

A branch of biomedical science concerned with the response of the organisms to antigen or foreign bodies.

Answer 7

Immmunology

Question 8

A new research field that emerged as an outcome of recombinant DNA technology and traditional industrial microbiology

Answer 8

Molecular biotechnology

Question 9

Current molecular biological techniques used to identify the underlying molecular defects in inherited disease.

Answer 9

Molecular diagnostics

Question 10

An organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.

Answer 10

Parasite

Question 11

A medical doctor who studies the cause and development of disease.

Answer 11

Pathologist

Question 12

A medical test done near or at the site of patient care

Answer 12

“Point-of-care” testing

Question 13

Examination of laboratory specimens, setting and implementing a quality control program, setting and implementing laboratory safety measures, regular calibration of instruments and equipment, operation of laboratory instruments ranging from a simple microscope to complex automated equipment and collection of laboratory specimens for examination

Answer 13

Medical laboratory technologists or clinical laboratory scientists

Question 14

Performing less complex tests and laboratory procedures, carrying out an inventory of laboratory materials and preparation of patients for laboratory examination

Answer 14

Medical and clinical laboratory technician

Question 15

Prepare examine slides of cells. They specialized in the microscopic study of cells and cellular abnormalities. They microscopically examine human cell samples for early signs of cancer and other diseases.

Answer 15

Cytotechnologists

-known for papanicolaou smear examination

Question 16

Prepare solid tissue such as biopsy samples and tumors for examination under the microscope. Their main focus is to determine any abnormalities in tissues.

Answer 16

Histotechnologists

Question 17

Applies the art of extracting blood samples from human patients. Specialized in blood extraction.

Answer 17

Phlebotomy technologists

Question 18

They are specialized in the process of testing and preparing blood for transfusion.

Answer 18

Blood banking technologists