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What is a foreign object such as a bit of tissue or air circulating in the blood known as?
embolus
Mature red blood cells in the circulating blood are filled with what?
Hemoglobin Molecules
Can spleen destroy normal RBC's?
Yes, one of the major functions of the spleen is to remove aged or damaged red blood cells (erythrocytes) from the circulating blood stream. If the body has produced antibodies against red blood cells, the spleen will remove the red blood cells with antibodies on them from circulation, destroy them and package the bits and pieces for recycling into new red blood cells.
How do bases harm us?
they get into our blood stream
What body function does metabolism affect?
Burning calories digesting food and circulating blood
Foreign object circulating in the blood is?
An embolus is a foreign object, such as a blood clot or bit of tissue or tumor, that is circulating in the blood.
What is the name of the blood clot circulating in the blood stream?
A Circulating clot is referred to as an embolism.
The term that describes a foreign object circulating in the blood is?
embolism
Which term describes the blockage of a blood vessel by a foreign object circulating in the blood?
embolism
What is a foreign object such as a bit of tissue or air circulating in the blood known as?
embolus
Does red blood cells contain nuclei?
Red cells, at one time contained nuclei; however, when circulating in your blood stream, they do not.
Term for blockage of a blood vessel by a foreign object circulating the blood?
embolism is the sudden blockage of a blood vessel by an embolus.
If a person has on average 5L of blood circulating in their blood stream and they give 1 pint of blood in a blood drive how many liters are they giving up?
A pint is very roughly half a liter.
What substance is removed from the blood stream by the alveoli in the lungs?
Carbon dioxide and water
What substance is removed from the blood stream by alveoli in the lungs?
Carbon dioxide and water
Does a substance made by endocrine glands pass from gland to blood stream?
No because endocrine glands are ductless. This means it travels directly from gland to blood stream.
When a myocardial infarction occurs what substance is released into the blood stream?
myocardial band enzymes
