EBIO 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Ectotherm, Countercurrent Exchange, Gas Exchange
22 Feb 2017
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Lecture 15 (14 on d2l) circulatory system. Clicker question capillaries have much narrower diameter than arteries or veins. However, blood flows slower - not faster - when in capillaries. E) the combined diameter of all the capillaries is larger than the combined diameter of arteries. It has to do with the fact that an individual capillary is very small, but the blood is travelling through a big artery and travels using thousands of capillaries. Red blood cells hemoglobin, no nucleus. White blood cells or other cell types. To stimulate the production of more red blood cells. 2013: the most hated athlete in america . If you can increase the number of red blood cells you have then you can transport oxygen better which will give you an athletic advantage. Synthetic version of epo that tests could not detect. Mountains natural form of blood doping by training at elevation!
