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Sri Vidya College of Engineering and Technology Unit I Course Material: Question Bank

This document contains a question bank for the course EC6001 Medical Electronics. It includes 47 multiple choice questions in part A covering topics like biopotential recording, electrophysiology, transducers, amplifiers, electrodes, ECG, EEG, EMG and other biomedical instrumentation topics. Part B includes 29 longer answer and descriptive questions requiring explanations on topics such as medical instrument systems, measuring living systems, cell structure, action potentials, biopotential electrodes, ECG, EEG, EMG recordings and associated diagrams. The document provides a comprehensive set of questions assessing knowledge of key concepts in medical electronics and biomedical instrumentation.

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Sri Vidya College of Engineering and Technology Unit I Course Material: Question Bank

This document contains a question bank for the course EC6001 Medical Electronics. It includes 47 multiple choice questions in part A covering topics like biopotential recording, electrophysiology, transducers, amplifiers, electrodes, ECG, EEG, EMG and other biomedical instrumentation topics. Part B includes 29 longer answer and descriptive questions requiring explanations on topics such as medical instrument systems, measuring living systems, cell structure, action potentials, biopotential electrodes, ECG, EEG, EMG recordings and associated diagrams. The document provides a comprehensive set of questions assessing knowledge of key concepts in medical electronics and biomedical instrumentation.

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Sri Vidya college of Engineering and technology unit I course material: Question Bank

EC6001-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
YEAR : III SEMESTER : VI
UNIT-I
ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGY AND BIO-POTENTIAL RECORDING
PART – A( 2 Marks)
1. What are the objectives of a biomedical instrumentation system?
2. Define the term conduction velocity.
3. Explain the difference between in vivo and in vitro measurements.
4. Name the major physiological systems of the body.
5. What is meant by cell?
6. What are resting and action potential, bioelectric potential?
7. Define the process of sodium pump.
8. Draw an action potential waveform and label the amplitudes and time
values.
9. What specific features might be incorporated into an instrument
designed for clinical use as
opposed to one designed for research purposes?
10. What do you understand by the term "gage factor”?
11. What is the difference between an active and a passive transducer?
12. What are the characteristics of carrier amplifier?
13. What is meant by drift compensation in operational amplifiers?
14. Define an electrometer amplifier. What are its characteristics?
15. What is the purpose is of pre-amplifier isolation circuits in ECG circuit?
16. What is the purpose of auxiliary amplifier in ECG unit?
17. What is input isolation?
18. What is the function of chopper amplifier?
19. Define Lead. Name the types of leads used for ECG.
20. What are micro, needle and surface electrodes?
21. Define electrode, what are the types of electrodes.
22. What is electrode potential (or) half-cell potential? What are
polarisable and non polarisable
electrodes?
23. What are the characteristics of resting potential?
24. For a patient, which types of electrode would be the least traumatic?
25. Why microelectrodes are sometimes needed?
26. What are the problems involved in using flat electrodes in terms of
interference or high

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impedance between electrode and skin? How could you help eliminate this
problem? / What
are the uses of the electrode paste applied during biomedical recording?
27. What do you understand by the term "reference electrode”?
28. What is a glass electrode used for?
29. What is an ear-clip electrode used for?
30. What is the major advantage of floating-type skin surface electrodes?
31. What is the hydrogen ion concentration of blood with a pH of 7.4?
32. What are parts of central nervous system?
33. Name the parts that contain peripheral nervous system.
34. Define circulatory system.
35. Define Einthoven triangle.
36. What is electro encephalography?
37. What is evoked potential?
38. What is meant by brain waves and what are the types of brain waves?
39. Draw the waves of brain.
40. What is electromyography?
41. How would you state the sensitivity characteristics of an
electrocardiograph to give a 2-in.
deflection on a recorder for a 2-mV peak reading?
42. What is the difference in the information contained in a
phonocardiogram and an
electrocardiogram?
43. If a person stands up, does his blood pressure increase? Why?
44. If a person eats a large meal, does his heart rate increase? Why?
45. What part of the cardiovascular system contains the greatest volume of
blood?
46. What is meant by ‘Depolarization’?
47. What is ‘Absolute Refractory Period’?
PART – B
1. Explain the factors that influence the design and application of a medical
instruction system / Discuss the different characteristics of a medical
instrument system. (8)
2. Explain the man-instrument system with a neat block diagram /Explain
with
a block diagram the components of the bio-medical instrument system. (8)
3. Discuss the problems encountered in measuring a living system /Discuss
the major differences encountered between measurements in a
physiological

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system as distinct from a physical system. (8)


4. Draw the structure of a living cell of our body and explain its
constituents. (8)
5. Discuss the different ways of transport of ions through the cell
membrane (4)
6. Give an account on the different chemical compositions in the intra and
extra cellular
fluids and their effects in the case of blood serum. (4)
7. Discuss the development of action potential and muscular contraction.
(8)
8. Draw the electrical equivalent circuit of microelectrode and explain its
electrical nature. (8)
9. What are biopotentialelectrodes. Distinguish between metallic
microelectrode and nonmetallic microelectrode. (4)
10. Draw the micropipette nonmetallic electrode and explain (8)
11. With a neat block diagram, explain the working of ECG recorder (8)
12. Discuss the different lead configuration used in ECG. (8)
13. Explain with a neat diagram the resting potential (8)
14. Explain polarization, depolarization the depolarization (8)
15. Draw the circuit diagram of an ECG isolation amplifier and explain its
action. (8)
16. What are chopper amplifiers and explain. (8)
17. Explain with a diagram medical preamplifier and explain its action (8)
18. Explain a bridge voltage amplifier and explain (8)
19. Explain buffer amplifier and explain (8)
20. Explain a current amplifier circuit and explain its working. (8)
21. Draw the curves of ECG and diagnose any form of disturbance in heart
rhythm (8)
22. Draw the block diagram of an EEG unit and explain the different parts
in it. (8)
23. Give the origin of brain waves and describe the 10-20 electrode system
used in EEG. (8)
24. Describe the recording setup used in EMG (8)
25. Write a note on ERG and EOG (8)
26. Explain the origin of different heart sounds (8)
27. Explain with diagram the salient features of Phonocardiography (PCG)
(8)
28. Draw the frequency response of
a. An electromyogram. (2)

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b. Blood flow measurements. (2)


c. Phonocardiogram. (2)
d. Plethysmogram (2)
29. (a) Write down the ‘Nernst Equation’ and ‘Goldman Equation’ and
explain about the constants used. (8)
(b) Explain ‘Bio Electric Potentials from the brain’ and ‘Resting Rhythms of
the Brain’. (8)

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