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THE ANSWERS
Microtitre plates are like lots of tiny test tubes stuck together.
True False
Microtitre plates are like lots of tiny test tubes stuck together.
True
Fine needle aspiration is a technique used to obtain cells for diagnosis.
True False
Fine needle aspiration is a technique used to obtain cells for diagnosis.
True
Humans have over 100,000 genes.
True False
Humans have over 100,000 genes.
– it’s around 40,000
False
Immunohistochemistry is a technique used in cancer diagnosis.
True False
Immunohistochemistry is a technique used in cancer diagnosis.
True
This instrument is used to obtain samples of cells from the stomach.
True False
This instrument is used to obtain samples of cells from the stomach.
– it’s a brush used to obtain cells from the cervix
False
A histopathologist might use this to measure a tumour.
True False
A histopathologist might use this to measure a tumour.
True
The first item to be labelled with a bar code was a packet of chewing gum.
True False
The first item to be labelled with a bar code was a packet of chewing gum.
True
Radioimmunoassay can detect drugs at levels of one part per billion.
True False
Radioimmunoassay can detect drugs at levels of one part per billion.
True
A standard microscope slide is 20x100mm.
True False
A standard microscope slide is 20x100mm.
– a standard slide is 76x26mm
False
Feeling a plastic blood bag gave a surgeon the idea for breast implants.
True False
Feeling a plastic blood bag gave a surgeon the idea for breast implants.
True
Modern biochemistry analysers use marbles to separate one sample from the next.
True False
Modern biochemistry analysers use marbles to separate one sample from the next.
– they use air bubbles
False
100,000 Petri dishes are used in the UK each week.
True False
100,000 Petri dishes are used in the UK each week.
– it’s nearer 1.6 million
False
This image was produced using a CT scanner.
True False
This image was produced using a CT scanner.
– it was produced using a transmission electron microscope
False
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