SENIOR SCIENCE  MODULE 9.3 Medical Technology- Bionics  
           
SYLLABUS REFERENCE COLUMN-DOT POINT TITLE REFERENCE SUMMARY  
9.3.1 p 51: 2-1; 3-2 Yorick the Bionic Skeleton- US Food Drug Administartion  Details of implants and artificial devices throughout the body  
9.3.1 p 51: 2-1; 3-2 What is a cochlear implant? Bionic Ear Institute Cochlear implants- what are they, how do they work  
9.3.1 p 51: 2-1; 3-2 Cochlear implants- Wiring for sound NOVA Science The development of the cochlear implant by Australian scientists  
9.3.1 p 51: 2-1; 3-2 How Dental Implants Work How Stuff Works Implant basics and procedures  
9.3.1 p 51: 2-1; 3-2 The Eye- how lenses work The Physics Classroom The Anatomy of the Eye  
9.3.1 p 51: 2-1; 3-2 The virtual hospital- hip replacements etc The Virtual Hospital Information on procedures such as hip replacements  
9.3.1 p 51: 2-1; 3-2 Biomaterials Biomaterials Links to sites about Biomaterials  
9.3.1 p 51: 2-1; 3-1 History of Heart Disease The Franklin Institute    
9.3.1 p 51: 2-1; 3-1 History of western Biomedicine Karolinska Institute    
9.3.1 p 51: 2-1; 3-1 Prosthetic History North Western University Prosthetics  
9.3.2 p 51 Artificial valves http://www.csmc.edu/cvs/md/valve/default.htm  
9.3.2   Heart Valves http://www.medtronic.com/cardiac/heartvalves/intro.html
9.3.2   What is a pacemaker http://www.americanheart.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/pacem.html
9.3.2   How pacemakers work and why they are needed http://www.cardio.com/articles/pacemakr.htm  
9.3.2   How your heart works http://www.howstuffworks.com/heart.htm  
9.3.2   Angioplasty (How heart attacks work) http://www.howstuffworks.com/heart-attack1.htm  
9.3.3   UHMWPE http://www.montell.com/products/p-uhmw.html  
9.3.3   UHMWPE http://www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/pe.htm  
9.3.3   UHMWPE http://www.plasticspecialties.com/flash/what/index.html
9.3.3   Hip Implants http://www.hippain.com/hip2.html  
9.3.4   Artificial Lungs and Hearts http://www.pitt.edu/~biotech/hbiomed.htm  
9.3.4   CPR http://insideneworleans.adam.com/ency/article/000010.htm
9.3.4   The lungs- how they work http://www.lungnet.org.au/thelungs.html  
9.3.4   CPR http://www.box.net.au/~harmon/uppersturt/cpr.htm  
9.3.4   Airways and lungs http://www.healthsci.utas.edu.au/weller/+docs/respire1.htm
9.3.4: 3-3   Oxygen intake-How much oxygen does a person consume in a day? http://www.howstuffworks.com/question98.htm  
9.3.5   Xrays http://www.colorado.edu/physics/PhysicsInitiative/Physics2000/xray/index.html
9.3.5   Cat scans http://www.colorado.edu/physics/PhysicsInitiative/Physics2000/tomography/index.html
9.3.5   Ultrasound- imaging with sound http://www.letsfindout.com/subjects/body/rfiechoc.html
9.3.5   MRI http://www.letsfindout.com/subjects/body/rfimrihe.html
9.3.5   MRI- Howstuffworks http://www.howstuffworks.com/mri.htm  
9.3.5   Thermography http://home.earthlink.net/~docbill/athand.htm  
9.3.5   Thermography http://www.meditherm.com/Human/default.htm  
9.3.5   The Basics of MRI http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/mri/inside.htm  
9.3.5   Laparoscopy- Key Hole surgery http://www.laparoscopy.com/  
9.3.5   Laparoscopic surgery http://www.universityobgyn.com/laparosc.htm