Biomedical Sciences
Concerned with biology, especially as it pertains to medicine and human health
Anatomy
Structure
Physiology
Function
Levels of invasiveness in diagnostic tools (3)
- Non-invasive
- Minimally-invasive
- Open surgery
Minimally invasive diagnostic tools
Leave a break in the skin small enough to cover with a bandaid, or make contact with mucosa (often light-based imaging tools)
Mucosa
Tissue lining in various parts of the body
Non-invasive diagnostic tools
Leave no breaks in skin and no contact with mucosa or internal tools
Open surgery
Leaves large break in skin requiring stitches or staplesE
Examples for each level of invasiveness in diagnostic tools
Non-invasive: blood pressure reading, x-ray, stethoscope
Minimally-invasive: blood draw, buccal swab, covid-19 test
Open-surgery: appendectomy
Therapeutic Strategies
Methods to reduce suffering from medical conditions
Types of therapeutic strategies (3)
- Preventative measures
- Treatment
- Cure
Preventative measures
Avoid or delay onsets of a condition, only effective before having the condition
Treatment
Reduces severity but often only effective for as long as treatment is continued
Cure
Eliminates a condition
Examples of each therapeutic strategy
Preventative measures: diet, exercise, vaccine
Treatment: pharmaceuticals, insulin injections
Cure: antibiotics, amputations of necrotic tissue
