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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