Blood Doping
What is Blood Doping?
Taking out your own blood and replacing it later
What is asthma?
A condition that prevents your body from getting enough oxygen while exercising.
What molecules are needed for Cellular Respiration?
Glucose and oxygen.
What is the Digestive system?
The system that breaks down food and brings the molecules to the bloodstream.
What molecule is needed for cell reproduction?
Amino acid molecules
What is a Blood Doping alternative?
High altitude training in the mountains
What is diabetes?
A body condition that doesn't produce enough insulin to "unlock" your cells to get the glucose they need.
How do the molecules get to the cells?
They take the Circulatory Express to get to the cells, hitched on red blood cell train cars.
How are the Circulatory and Respiratory systems related to each other?
They both transport carbon dioxide, oxygen, and sometimes water.
Why does protein need to be broken down even when it gets reconstructed in the cell?
The protein needs to be small enough to pass through the cell membrane.
What does Blood Doping do?
Increase amount of red blood cells.
What is anemia?
A condition in which your body has less blood cells than normal.
What does Cellular Respiration release along with energy?
Carbon dioxide and water.
What is the Respiratory System?
The system that brings oxygen into the body and carbon dioxide out.
What happens when a cell reproduces?
It multiplies by using the proteins to construct another cell body that splits away from it once it is complete.
How do cyclists increase their amount of glucose while racing?
Slurping up gels filled with glucose.
What is a pancreas injury?
This is an injury to your pancreas which affects your digestive system.
What is Cellular Respiration?
The process of turning glucose and oxygen into energy for the body.
What is the Circulatory System?
The system that brings glucose, oxygen, and amino acids around the body to different organs.
Why does a cell need to be constantly reproducing?
Cells die rapidly, so new cells are needed immediately once one dies, so if there was no cell reproduction, we would be dead really fast.
How do you catch Blood Dopers?
Seeing if they have more than usual older blood cells or the larger amount of hemoglobin.
How are anemia and asthma similar?
They both keep oxygen from getting around the body. Asthma patients have less because they breathe in less, and anemia patients have less because they have fewer blood cells to carry the oxygen around.
What happens if there is no starch in the cells?
Nothing happens, starch has to be broken down into glucose first.
Is Cellular Respiration helping any of the body systems?
Yes, the body systems get the molecules needed for Cellular respiration to the cells so the systems can keep working, a perfect balance.
When a cell makes another cell using proteins from foods.