Question

Transcutaneous means ________

(a) passing to the skin

(b) passing to the bones

(c) passing to the heart

(d) passing to the lungs

The question was posed to me during a job interview.

Query is from Cardiac Monitor topic in portion Patient Monitoring System of Biomedical Instrumentation

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) passing to the skin

The explanation: Transcutaneous means passing to the skin. This term generally used with the type of surgical instrument to be used. It is also used to describe the interaction of rehabilitation devices.