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Blood

Blood is a bodily fluid consisting of plasma, blood cells, and platelets that is circulated by the heart through the vertebrate vascular system, carrying oxygen and nutrients to and waste materials away from all body tissues. In many species, it also carries hormones and disease-fighting substances. In this category, you will find questions about the blood in your body, including blood types, blood diseases, and the function of blood.

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Is fish oil a blood thinner?

no it's just an oil if you take it as one you might be in trouble

What brings unfiltered blood to the glomerulus?

The afferent aterioles, the blood is filtered (unwanted or unneeded molecules, proteins, etc. are diffused through epithelial membrane to Bowman's Space and continue for absoprtion and reabsorption), the filtered blood continues through the glomerulus out of the efferent aterioles.

What are the reasons for high platelet count?

A high platelet count can happen for many reasons, but there are two basic processes involved.

  • The cells within the bone marrow produce more platelets.
  • Less platelets are removed from the blood by the spleen.

This condition is known as thrombocytosis.

A fully functional molecule of hemoglobin is what kind of protein structure?

The structure of the hemoglobin in a molecule is the quaternary structure.

What cells are necessary for vessel repair and clotting?

These cells are called platelets. A normal count will assist in clotting cuts in the skin or tissue, a high count may cause blood clots elsewhere in the body and a low count can cause a cut to not clot, causing the victim to loose to much blood.

What happens when hemoglobin is happens?

They will have a better oxygen transport in their blood, this is why endurance athletes use doping substances or high altitude training to increase their hemoglobin levels. The drawback of a high hemoglobin level is that your blood is more likely to form thrombosis and cause stroke or heart attacks.

Does blood have oxygen?

In humans and other higher animals with a circulatory system and a respiratory system. blood leaving the lungs contains "free" oxygen, weakly bonded by coordinate covalent bonds to the hemoglobin in the blood. Blood returning to the lungs contains relatively little free oxygen. However, all blood contains oxygen chemically bonded in carbohydrates and water.

What is The liquid part of blood which carries red blood cells white blood cells and platelets called?

Your question is unclear - the liquid which carries red and white blood cells and platelets is blood. These cells are the solid component of blood, which separates from the liquid part (plasma) when centrifuged.

Do veins have red blood cells?

For the most part arteries carry oxygenated blood and veins carry

unoxygenated blood. (The one exception is the pulmonary artery and vein.)

Oxygenated blood is a bright red color while deoxygenated blood is a dark red.

What is hemoglobin electrophoresis?

This test requires a blood sample. No special preparation is needed before the test.

What does it mean lymphocytes are high?

I have 77% of Lympocytes and elevated level of uric acid.

What is the lowest possible platelet count that a human being can survive?

Hi my name is Matt, I've suffered with aggressive ITP (an autoimmune disease that kill off my platelets) for a long time now so hope this answers your question.

Normal measurement techniques can only go so far, so is slightly tricky to answer definitively

I had a platelet count of 1k or 1 per 1ml of blood the other day (rushed straight to hospital) which I was told is the minimum the lab could measure. I am still alive, however leaning on things, tight clothes, scratching skin, rubbing eyes all leads to bleeding, so an accident of any type could prove fatal due to a hemorrhage (especially the brain) which wouldn't stop without any platelets. Technically you could survive with a few to none platelet if you could guarantee no bursting of any blood vessels, which is almost impossible given our fragile bodies.

Best wishes

Matt Watts

Blood is mostly made up of?

white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets and plasma

What do red blood cells not have?

Mature red blood cells do not have a nucleus nor organelles.

How do you raise the hemoglobin level?

First, determine the cause. In the U.S. (and the world) the most common cause of a high hemoglobin is smoking cigarettes. This is due to the fact that carbon monoxide (in the bloodstream, from the inhaled smoke) binds to hemoglobin, therefore not allowing enough oxygen to bind. The body responds by manufacturing more hemoglobin in order to compensate. So, if you smoke, stopping smoking will take care of this problem.

If smoking is not in the equation, then hemochromatosis, or other conditions could be in play. Consult your physician in the case of a high hemoglobin and being a nonsmoker.

Does oxygenated blood travel back into the heart through the right vein the left pulmonary vein or both?

No, deoxygenated blood flow back to the heart from the body, and then gets pumped to the lungs to get more oxygen.

What are the the cells that carry oxygen?

Red blood cells contain hemoglobin. These cells are also known as erythrocytes.

Blood in the stool and back pains?

These 2 symptoms can be caused by many different things. Some of these things include anal fissure, hemorrhoids, medication reaction, high blood pressure, stroke, and a heart rhythm disorder.

What happens after the blood is pumped?

I don't think you have grasped the concept...

Blood is pumped thru the left ventricle to the tissues, from the tissues to the veins and into the right atrium. The right atrium pumps the blood to the right ventricle, your right ventricle pushes the blood into the pulmonary arteries, this leads to the pulmonary capillaries (in which oxygenation takes place), from there to the pulmonary veins to the left atrium, then the left ventricle....

What substances can be found in tap water?

"Tap water" is the water that comes out of your faucets. It is provided by whatever local water source you are connected to. This can be municipal water lines, springs, artesian wells, or even cisterns. The exact minerals and chemicals found in tap water will vary due to the many different methods in which water is treated to make it safe for human consumption.

Water treatment methods include filters, precipitants, reverse osmosis, ultraviolet light (UV), chlorination, ozonation, and exposure to bactericides such as metallic silver or iodine.

The taste of tap water will depend on the minerals remaining after treatment, including carbonates, silicates, and salts. "Hard" water includes substantial minerals, while "soft" water contains compartively few. City water supplies frequently add the same sort of minerals to their systems as are found in some bottled water. This, along with aeration, improves the taste of tap water. (Although obviously most of it is being used for other than drinking purposes.)

(see related link for more on what is in water)

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City tap water will differ from a tap in the country, because city tap water is "recycled" (usually from a river or lake), while sources outside a city are wells.

Another factor is that different pipes kinds of pipes are used. Alhough iron levels vary, there is generally more iron in well water.

Water used over and over, often by several areas that are downstream. Everything you flush (waste, prescription medicines, shampoos) all can end up in a public water supply, and it receives varying amounts of treatment before going back into the environment. Many treat water with chlorine on its release as well as on its intake to a water sysytem.

Tap water can be full of chemicals including chlorine and aluminum. These chemicals are not meant for human consumption but occur either naturally in water sources (due to the composition of the surrounding soil), or are added by cities and town to remove harmful bacteria or unpleasant tastes. In order to drink "pure" water, you need to either filter it or buy pure spring water.