Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

Medical technology: New frontiers in health care 149

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EXERCISE

Reading for details For each of the following sentences, choose the correct answer

to ill in the blank.

1. Displays that give surgeons an integrated picture of patient data are called
   .
   a. HUDs
   b. MRIs
   c. RFIs


2. Store-and-forward technology is used to transfer to distant locations.
   a. drugs
   b. X-rays
   c. surgical instruments


3. A doctor’s most useful tool is.
   a. a stethoscope
   b. his or her hands
   c. a computer


4. are also known as master cells.
   a. Blood cells
   b. Sperm and egg cells
   c. Stem cells


5. The irst heart transplant was performed in.
   a. 1953
   b. 1967
   c. 1982


6. The ield of engineering that is working on improving sensory feedback in robotic
   appendages is called.
   a. haptic engineering
   b. nanoengineering
   c. genetic engineering