FACULTY OF MATERIALS AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, GIKI

Biomaterials-MM497
(Fall 2018) QUIZ # 8

NAME: REG. NO. DATE: 13-12-2018

Max time: 10 minutes

Q1. Most tissues in the body are relatively soft compared with bone. What is responsible for
the high modulus of the bone? How could you apply this knowledge when designing a
synthetic scaffold material to replace bone via tissue-engineering approach? [4]

Q2. Explain how could you test the cytotoxicity of the following materials in-vitro? [6]
a) metal for a hip implant
b) degradable scaffold for use in tissue engineering