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the blood sugar when intravenous (by needle) glucose cannot be given. Glucagon takes about twenty minutes to raise the blood sugar. Intravenous glucose raises it instantaneously, which is why it is preferred in treatment. Together insulin and glucagon ensure that the body stores and maintains the...
Oxygen-Rich Blood: Oxygen-rich blood is the supply of blood in the body that has been oxygenated in the lungs. Through gas exchange in the alveoli of the lungs, oxygen molecules come in contact with the red blood cells and bond to the hemoglobin on those cells. ...
What are the 3 types of blood cells found in the human body? What type of blood cell has proteins on it that determines blood type? Name the three types of blood vessels that exist in the circulatory system. What is the most prevalent cell type in blood, and what is the least prevalen...
What is the shape of platelets? Which bone marrow produces red blood cells? How does bone marrow produce blood? What does blood carry to every cell in the body? How are red blood cells made in bone marrow? What organ makes blood?
“self-digestion”: enzymes begin to digest the membranes of oxygen-deprived cells. Damaged blood cells pour out of their broken vessels in a rush of movement. When they settle in the capillaries and other small blood ves...
Insulin has a counterpart calledglucagon, a hormone that works in the opposite way. The body uses insulin and glucagon to ensure that blood sugar levels do not get too high or low and that cells receive enough glucose to use for energy. ...
The process by which the body produces blood is called hematopoiesis. All blood cells (RBCs, WBCs and platelets) come from the same type of cell, called the pluripotential hematopoietic stem cell. This group of cells has the potential to form any of the different types of blood cells and ...
Which cells manufacture blood in the human blood system? What are the three general characteristics of connective tissue? Provide an example of an organ in the human body that has epithelial tissue. How does the extracellular matrix of connective tissue contribute to its f...
What determines blood type? Blood Type Determining a patient's blood type is very important in providing the most compatible blood products for transfusion. The hospital's transfusion medicine department is responsible for patient testing and crossmatching blood products. Blood type determination is base...