Blood is everywhere, in everyone, in all living animals. The type of blood and what makes it look how it does is all based on its composition. The uses of it are vital to all animals survival as it is the key component to living. Unknown to most, but the blood's composition must be kept at near perfect balance at all time for it to perform all its functions. Blood is a crucial part of an animal's existence. Without it, it could not survive. Blood has numerous types as well as appearances, and behind its composition and functions, it involves chemistry. Blood is more useful than one might think. Most importantly it, of course, is used for living. Blood is a vital point for life. Blood is made up of three types of living cells. Red blood
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Hemoglobin is a key regulator of the blood’s pH, as well as the many buffers that are in our blood as a high variation of pH, can lead to sickness and/or death. Acidosis, which is a pH of 7.35 or lower in the body’s blood can result in fatigue, headache, confusion, yellow skin known as jaundice, increased heart rate as the minor symptoms. While alkalosis is the pH of 7.45 or high in the body’s blood and can cause nausea, muscle spasms, numbness, dizziness, difficulty breathing, inability to respond to communication, and coma. The two main organs that regulate the pH in the body are the kidneys and …show more content…
Knowledge of species and how they function comes down to blood composition as some blood functions differently causing the animal to be differently composed as compared to humans, such as hemerythrin only being able to move oxygen 25% as well as hemoglobin. Humans are finding new ways to use blood’s complex components to progress medicine and discover new abilities as technology and science continues to expand.
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Hemoglobin is a key regulator of the blood’s pH, as well as the many buffers that are in our blood as a high variation of pH, can lead to sickness and/or death. Acidosis, which is a pH of 7.35 or lower in the body’s blood can result in fatigue, headache, confusion, yellow skin known as jaundice, increased heart rate as the minor symptoms. While alkalosis is the pH of 7.45 or high in the body’s blood and can cause nausea, muscle spasms, numbness, dizziness, difficulty breathing, inability to respond to communication, and coma. The two main organs that regulate the pH in the body are the kidneys and …show more content…
Knowledge of species and how they function comes down to blood composition as some blood functions differently causing the animal to be differently composed as compared to humans, such as hemerythrin only being able to move oxygen 25% as well as hemoglobin. Humans are finding new ways to use blood’s complex components to progress medicine and discover new abilities as technology and science continues to expand.
Work Cited
“Blood Chemistry Tests - Canadian Cancer Society.” Www.cancer.ca, www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/diagnosis-and-treatment/tests-and-procedures/blood-chemistry-tests/?region=on.
“Halloween Special: The Chemistry of Blood.” Compound Interest, Compound Interest, 1 Nov. 2015, www.compoundchem.com/2015/10/29/blood/.
Dowshen, S. (Ed.). (2015, October). What's Blood? Retrieved from https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/blood.html
“Blood Basics.” Blood Clots, 8 Sept. 2017, www.hematology.org/Patients/Basics/.
Cicetti, Fred. “What's the Most Common Blood Type?” LiveScience, Purch, 13 July 2012, www.livescience.com/36559-common-blood-type-donation.html.
“Hemoglobin.” Hmolpedia,