Blood is thicker than water
This is considered a "normal" pH level. About the same as water.
What is 7?
Found in the lymphatic system, these lymphocytes limit the spread of tumors and microbial infections.
What are NK (natural killer cells)?
A lack of this element can lead to low energy in cells.
The element is essential for proper oxygen transport.
What is Iron (Fe)?
The "set point" number for human blood pressure is?
120 / 80
The role of these blood cells is to fight infections and regulate body temperature during a fever.
What are WBCs?
Blood returning back to the heart is low in this element?
What is oxygen?
This blood test measures the oxygen content (percentage) and concentration of fats, proteins, and glucose.
What is a blood chemistry test?
Excessive blood pressure is dangerous and can lead to serious health conditions.
This is know as?
Hypertension
These blood cells are a vital part of the body's immune system. It is the circulatory system's first line of defense.
What are white blood cells?
This protein carries oxygen to the organs and transports carbon dioxide back to the lungs.
What is hemoglobin?
The clotting process of blood is known as?
What is coagulation?
This element is carried by hemoglobin.
What is oxygen?
Although dangerous, this is a common practice among athletes in sports. It increases the amount of RBC mass and energy for a short amount of time.
What is blood doping?
This value or measurement is the proportion of blood that is made up of cells. The "value" is expressed as a percentage or fraction of cells in blood.
example: a "value" of 80% means that there are 80 milliliters of cells in 100 milliliters of blood.
What is the Packed Cell Volume or PCV?
This is where RBCs are made.
What is bone marrow?
A genetic disorder (mostly affects males) caused by a problem with a defective protein in hemoglobin.
The cells become ridgid and can block or slow blood flow.
What hemophilia?
People with this type of blood have anti-A and anti-B antibodies in their blood plasma. They are know as "universal recipients".
What is type O- negative?
This number (the lower number) measures the pressure in arteries when the heart rests between heart beats.
What is diastolic blood pressure?
Part of the circulatory system and a vital part of the immune system that carries a clear fluid called lymph towards the heart.
What is the lymphatic system?
It takes appx. this amount of time to regenerate blood cells.
What is 24 hours?.
To treat excessive blood loss, a patient may need this procedure.
What is a transfusion?
This component of blood is important in maintaining the appropiate "osmotic pressure".
Found in plasma proteins in a blood vessel's plasma that causes a pull on fluid back into the capillary.
What is albumin?
This measures the pressure in arteries when the heart beats,
What is systolic blood pressure?
These types of stem cells can divide into additional stem cells and can be any type of cell. This allows them to help to regenerate or repair diseased tissues and organs.
What are embryonic stem cells?