Day 1
What is agglutination?
Clumping of red blood cells
What is the definition of an Arrhenius acid?
dissociates in water into H+
What is the hemolytic disease of the newborn?
Rhesus factor incompatibility causing the baby's RBCs to lyse, leads to liver damage
Which hormone is secreted by the adrenal gland?
Aldosterone
If a mom is Rh+ and the dad is also Rh+, would the baby have rhesus factor incompatibility?
No! baby will be Rh+
What is the pH of a substance with [H+]= 0.0001?
pH= -log[H+]=4
what does CBC stand for?
complete blood count
What molecule are we measuring when we measure the GFR?
Creatinine
What is malaria?
a parasitic infection that causes vomiting/fever/other flu-like symptoms
name 1 way our body regulates blood pH
kidney secretes H+!
Chemical Buffers!
Respiratory Control!