Medical Instruments & Devices

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Instructions: Test your knowledge of the tools and technologies that revolutionized medicine

1.
What medical device, invented by René Laennec in 1816, is used to listen to heart and lung sounds?
A
Ophthalmoscope
B
Otoscope
C
Stethoscope
D
Sphygmomanometer
2.
What does an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) measure?
A
Blood pressure
B
Oxygen levels in blood
C
Electrical activity of the heart
D
Brain activity
3.
Who discovered X-rays in 1895, revolutionizing medical imaging?
A
Wilhelm Röntgen
B
Louis Pasteur
C
Marie Curie
D
Alexander Fleming
4.
What does MRI stand for in medical imaging?
A
Molecular Resolution Imaging
B
Medical Radiation Imaging
C
Micro Radiology Instrument
D
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
5.
What medical device delivers an electric shock to restore a normal heart rhythm?
A
Ventilator
B
Defibrillator
C
Pacemaker
D
Dialysis machine
6.
What instrument measures blood pressure?
A
Sphygmomanometer
B
Thermometer
C
Glucometer
D
Spirometer
7.
What imaging technology uses sound waves to create pictures of the inside of the body?
A
CT scan
B
PET scan
C
X-ray
D
Ultrasound
8.
What small device, implanted in the chest, helps regulate an irregular heartbeat?
A
Catheter
B
Insulin pump
C
Stent
D
Pacemaker
9.
The pulse oximeter, commonly clipped to a finger, measures what?
A
Heart rate only
B
Blood sugar levels
C
Body temperature
D
Blood oxygen saturation
10.
What does a CT scan (formerly called a CAT scan) combine to create detailed images?
A
Multiple X-ray images from different angles
B
Radio waves and dye
C
Infrared light and sensors
D
Sound waves and magnets
11.
What medical device assists patients who cannot breathe on their own?
A
Defibrillator
B
Dialysis machine
C
Endoscope
D
Ventilator
12.
An endoscope is a flexible tube with a camera used to examine what?
A
The inside of the body
B
Brain waves
C
The skin surface
D
Bone density
13.
What device, first used successfully in the 1940s, filters waste from blood when kidneys fail?
A
Heart-lung machine
B
Centrifuge
C
Blood transfusion device
D
Dialysis machine
14.
What type of laser surgery is commonly used to correct vision problems?
A
CABG
B
LASIK
C
ERCP
D
TURP
15.
The clinical thermometer was popularized for medical use by which physician in the 1860s?
A
Robert Koch
B
Joseph Lister
C
Thomas Allbutt
D
Florence Nightingale

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