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
What is a Lewis base?
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
T OR F: H2SO4 is a strong acid.
T
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+!