71) The technical term for a white blood cell ________.
72) : 1380959.
71) The technical term for a white blood cell is ________.
72) A friend has been asked to be a bone marrow donor for her sister. She tells you that her sister has low red blood cell counts that drop more every day. Your friend doesn’t understand why blood transfusion wouldn’t work without having to do a bone marrow treatment. How would you explain the need for the bone marrow donation to your friend?
73) What technique is used to separate blood into plasma and formed elements?
74) Which blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?
75) Why does exchange occur only in capillaries and not in arteries or veins?
76) List the pathway a single red blood cell would follow from the superior vena cava to the lungs.
77) Arteries branch into smaller and smaller arteries until they become small-diameter ________ that enter the capillary bed.
78) An athletic friend of yours recently had a blood test, asked for a copy of the report, and looked up numbers for his “total cholesterol,” or combined LDL/HDL numbers. An online source lists his total as slightly high. He says, “My doctor’s a quack! He told me my cholesterol was fine!” You press your friend for more details and come to understand that his LDL levels are within the healthy range, but his HDL levels are higher than average. What do you say to your friend to help him understand his doctor’s comments?
71) The technical term for a white blood cell ________.
72) : 1380959
