Plasma and red blood cells transport substances to or away from cell. White blood cells and platelets are parts of the immune system. Blood plasma is mostly made up of water which is from respiration and is absorbed from the large intestine. Water can also be reabsorbed from the kidney. This is very important as this allows osmosis occurs in our bodies.
The truth is: It’s both. As a lipid, a substance with an oily or waxy nature, cholesterol is a vital element in cell membranes, a main component in hormones, a protective coating for nervous tissues, and allows certain biological acids to digest and process foods. However, anything taken in excess can produce dangerous effects. This same chemical that is essential for the proper function of the body can also cause of some extremely serious medical conditions. An excess of cholesterol has been linked in many cases to leading to heart attack, stroke, or atherosclerosis (fat deposits on the inner walls of arteries).
1) Coronary artery disease occurs when fatty deposits called plaque build up inside the coronary arteries. The coronary arteries wrap around the heart and supply it with blood and oxygen. When plaque builds up, it narrows the arteries and reduces the amount of blood that gets to your heart. This can lead to serious problems, including heart attack. 2) Coronary artery disease is usually caused by a build-up of fatty deposits on the walls of the coronary arteries.
bioloQuiz 9 Chapter 10 Question 1 Wastes are part of blood True False 2 points Question 2 A hematocrit is the % of ________________ 1. leukocytes 2. eythrocytes 3. platelets 4. clotting factors 2 points Question 3 Normal hemotocrit is ___% erythrocytes of total volume 1. 50 2. 40 3. 30 4. 45 2 points Question 4 The protein in blood that regulates osmotic pressure and pH is albumin True False 2 points Question 5 All of the following are PLASMA blood proteins EXCEPT 1. albumin 2. hemoglobin 3. fibrinogen 4. globulin 2 points Question 6 Which element in hemoglobin binds oxygen 1. calcium 2. zinc 3. iron 4. iodine 2 points Question 7 How many red blood cells in blood and how many white blood cells?
It is affected by various factor like secretion from glands, content and amount of secretion etc., affect the drug transport through this route. This route consist only 0.1% of total skin surface. ii) Transcellular route :- Drug transport through this route passes from corneocytes which has highly hydrated keratin making hydrophilic pathway. This corneocytes are surrounded by lipid connecting these cells. So a drug requires a number of partitioning and diffusion step.
Angela Johnson GE150 08/03/2014 Unit 7 Lipids versus Carbohydrates Your body stores energy in the form of triglycerides, each triglyceride contain three fatty acid compounds bound to glycerol chemical backbone. Most triglycerides are stored in adipose tissue made up of fat cells distributed throughout your body. Carbohydrates are stored as glycogen a large number of carbohydrate molecules are made up hundreds or thousands of smaller units of glucose, a simple sugar. Your body can also convert carbohydrates into fat for long term energy storage. Carbohydrate is the universal energy cell.
| | | Lesson 6 - The Cardio-Respiratory System DefinitionsThe cardio-respiratory system consists of the cardio vascular system (heart and blood vessels) together with respiratory system (lungs and air ways). These systems work to transport oxygen to the muscles and organs of the body and remove waste products including carbon dioxide. The HeartThe heart is a double pump. "Oxygen-poor" blood enters the heart from the vena cava to the right atrium, and flows down to the right ventricle. The first pump pumps "oxygen poor" blood to the lungs from the right ventricle of the heart via the pulmonary artery where it returns as "oxygen rich blood" via the pulmonary vein to the left atrium.
White blood cells or leukocytes, are a part of the immune system and help our bodies fight infection. They circulate in the blood so that they can be transported to an area where an infection has developed. In a normal adult body there are 4,000 to 10,000 white blood cells per microliter of blood. When the number of white blood cells in your blood increases, this is a sign of an infection somewhere in your body. Most white blood cells (neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils and monocytes) are formed in the bone marrow.
C) They all contain one or more double bonds. D) They are a constituent of sterols. E) They are strongly hydrophilic. 2. Storage Lipids Pages: 346-358 Difficulty: 2 Ans: E Which of the following molecules or substances contain, or are derived from, fatty acids?
When CO2 is higher, pH is lower or acidic. When pH is acidic, hemoglobin is released to tissues that need oxygen. The relationship between oxygen affinity and pH Compare the biochemical structure of hemoglobin to myoglobin The molecular difference between normal and sickle forms of hemoglobin The difference between normal and sickle red blood cells at the cellular level How the diseased cells are different from normal red blood cells in their capacity to carry oxygen A normal RBC is round and concave shaped that easily moves through the bloodstream. A sickle hemoglobin releasing oxygen sticks together, forms fiber formations that causes the sickle appearance. This decreases the capacity to carry oxygen and also by not moving through smaller circulation easily causes blockages.