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What would happen to red blood cells in the body if blood lost through injury were replaced with pure water?
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Water that is added would tend to equalize the amount of sodium and other substance inside the cell with what is outside the cell. Since the RBCs have more inside them, the pure water would move into the cell. This would cause the RBCs to swell and perhaps burst. The amount of water that is added to the blood would determined if the cells would burst. More pure water, the more likely the cell will burst.
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deficiency of platelets in the blood. This causes bleeding into the tissues, bruising, and slow blood clotting after injury.
What is Lack of red blood cells is called?
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1%
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a little oxygen and a lot of carbon dioxide
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The heart pumps blood through the body.
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Accumulation of fluids surrounding the injury?
The fluids you are talking about are blood and lymph. The lymph contains your white blood cells which are responsible for fighting off any bacteria that might invade your body through the injury, while your blood contains platelets that are responsible for closing up the wound through blood clotting.
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Is Diapedesis the process by which red blood cells move out of the capillaries into the tissue?
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What are the indication for blood transfusion?
severe blood loss anti or intra or post partum haemorrage and severe anemia to patient near to deliery
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i do not no I would have a little less blood until my bone marrow replaced it and probably a bit of pain at the site.
What is exchanged in the circulation in the body?
In the lungs, the carbon dioxide from oxygen-poor blood ("used" blood) is released from the body through exhalation and is replaced by oxygen through inhalation, turning the oxygen-poor blood into oxygen-rich blood.
What would happen if you lost a few red blood cells?
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How can injury cause disease in animals?
The injury may cause tissues to be exposed through wounds, which subsequently become infected by bacteria and other organisms. For example, septic wounds and/or blood poisoning
Why does your pulse Rate happen?
Each pulse is the heartbeat pushing blood through your veins
Why does blood turn dark red as its circulates through the body?
The oxygen in it is replaced with carbon dioxide.
