Red blood cell

Anemias are one of the most common types of blood disorders in the world and can be generally classified as a decreased amount of red blood cells/hemoglobin contained in the blood stream.2 There is more than one type of anemia and they can be classified into Microcytic, Normocytic, and Macrocytic Anemias. Microcytic is usually caused by a deficit of iron in the blood, Normocytic could be due to hemolysis or acute blood loss, and Macrocytic is caused by B12 or Folate deficiency.1,2 Although these…

difference in salt and other particles in solution and in their cell bodies. The salinity and osmolality in an environment triggers a series of regulatory responses in the organism to maintain equilibrium. The equilibrium is essential to its cell’s life and ultimately the life of the organism. The response to maintain such equilibrium is an osmotic regulation, the regulation of the solutes in solution and the cell bodies. When a cell is in an aquatic solution, water, ions, salts, and other…

which the number of red blood cells (RBCs) are lower than the normal in the blood. The function of red blood cells is to carry oxygen and eliminate carbon dioxide from the body. Another reason when an individual have anemia, if RBCs does not have sufficient amount of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is an iron-rich protein that binds with oxygen and supply oxygen from the lungs to the whole body (National Heart, Lungs, and Blood Institute, 2014). Due to insufficient amount of iron, the blood…

Bio 202 - Unit #3 Case Studies: 1- Blood, Heart, and Vessels 1)WHy are lymph nodes enlarged (adenopathy)? How does this fit with his CBC test? J.T’s lymph nodes are enlarged due to a high count of white blood cell count . Jt has a high white blood cell count because his body is trying to fight off an infection. 2) What is the most likely diagnosis that explains all of J.T’s symptoms and lab results? J.T. has Acute Myeloid Leukemia, his symptoms are fatigue, shortness of breath, bleeding, bone…

labor, which is the time between delivery of the infant and the placenta. The cord is usually clamped by applying two clamps. The cord is cut between the clamps.” (Reynolds, 2007) Cord clamping is done at the moment of birth to cut off the supply of blood, oxygen and nutrients to the baby from the placenta. Delayed cord clamping is a practice where the umbilical cord is not clamped or cut until after placental pulsations have ceased, or until after the placenta is delivered usually at least 60…

routine checkup; their labs usually show an increased amount of blood cells of all types. The patient’s hemoglobin the day of clinical was 8.8; his platelets were 641. Ultrasonography is a type of diagnostic tool used to screen for any type of tumors that may have precipitated the illness. The most common types that cause polycythemia are kidney and liver tumors. The kidneys produce erythropoietin; these are what generates red blood cells. The liver and spleen are affected by this too, and…

conception blood vessels begin to develop to carry a supply of oxygen and nutrients from the mother to the embryo. By the fifth week been compressed and formed what we know as the umbilical cord. The umbilical cord has two arteries that carry blood from the embryo to the chorionic villi and there is one vein that returns the blood to the embryo. At birth, the infant is still attached via the umbilical cord, which is part of the placenta, to the mother. The placenta continues providing oxygen,…

The segmented virus then inserts its viral genome into the cell using nucleic acid. The Lujo virus is noted to encode proteins from the L-segment to ensure high replication rates. The S-segment of the virus encodes proteins that are noted to affect the immune response of the host, in addition to causing clotting of the blood that may damage organs. The Lujo virus can survive and spread via mammalian cells, and excrement of infected hosts. Small amounts of the virus can lead to infection…

level of oxygenated red blood cells and thrombocytopenia which is a decrease in the amount of platelets that a patients has (Thompson 2000). Leukemia affects the cardiovascular system by forcing the clotting cascade to start and also activating accelerated fibrinolysis which leads to bleeding in the mucous membranes (Thompson 2000). Since leukemia is characterized with its proliferation of white blood cells, when this white blood cells start to divide in about 50000 to 100000 cells per minute it…

type A blood and the mother has type B blood. A sample of the infant’s blood is sent for blood typing. When the infant’s blood is subjected to forward typing, there is no agglutination. When back-typing is performed, the infant’s serum causes agglutination with both type A and type B RBCs. Which of the following is the most likely interpretation of these results? A. The infant has type A blood. B. The infant has type AB blood. C. The infant has type B blood. D. The infant has type O blood. E.…