KIN 2500 Lecture 1: chap 12 and 13 kin 2500

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Functions of blood: 1 transportation of metabolic waste, nutrients, hormones, 2. Regulation: regulation of ph, blood has a ph value, regulates temperature, regulates osmotic pressure (blood pressure, 3. Protection: protects against excessive blood loss (clotting, protects against disease. Hematocrit: number of red blood cells in the blood. 1: side story: middle daughter baby, amniotic fluid embolism, couldn"t breathe, was bleeding, was in icu 10 days, twice had to give her all of her blood supply. Albumin (plasma protein that maintains blood pressure, osmotic pressure: 2. Fibrinogen (plasma protein: other solutes in plasma (electrolytes, nutrients, enzymes, hormones, creatin, ammonia, 55% of what makes up blood. Veinipuncture: process of drawing blood: in infants they stick in the heel. Red blood cells: red blood cells (rbcs) or erythrocytes, contain oxygen, carry hemoglobin which is a protein that gives rbc its color, in order to maintain normal number we should produce 2 million.

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