1. Hematocrit is what measures the red blood cells in blood. Red blood cells are important for transporting iron and oxygen and for creating energy. If the red blood cell count is lower-than-normal it could indicate several diseases and problems within the body. It may be due to anemia‚ bleeding‚ destruction of red blood cells‚ leukemia‚ malnutrition‚ low iron‚ folate‚ vitamin B12 and vitamin B6 or overhydration. A bacterial infection causes white blood cells to increase‚ since they are the cells
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1. The significance of lower than normal hematocrit is anemia. This can be caused by vitamin deficiency‚ loss of blood‚ bone marrow problems‚ or abnormal hematocrit. The effect of bacterial infection would cause not a decrease in hematocrit (420Allen) 2. Leukocytes are produced or stored in many locations in the body including: the thymus‚ spleen‚ and bone marrow. The two kinds of lymphocytes are B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes. Lymphocytes start out in the bone marrow and either stay there to
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These inventions increase standard / ease of living throughout the world. One might think they could live without things like pace maker batteries‚ but firstly there were over 3‚000‚000 by 2012; And what about all of the rest of the things on the list? Could you live without your mobile phone and computer? Your calculator? In the coming years space exploration is expected to create even more technologies and products for example advances in health care and
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for lunch?” asked the inquisitive 5th grader Brady to his classmate Luke. “Same as always – an apple‚ apple juice‚ apple sauce and an apple butter sandwich‚” said Luke sulkily. “I don ’t know why my mom loves apples so much‚” he exclaimed. “What about your mom?” Brady grinned a little grin and said ‚ “A Hershey Bar‚ chocolate milk‚ and chocolate chip cookies!!” Luke gazed into the abyss in disbelief. “I wish my mom was that cool‚” he said. He thought for a few seconds and asked “Wanna trade
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Imagine waking up and not having everything you have now. People come across many challenges every day‚ because not everything goes how we plan it to. You can have your future all planned out but somehow life can get in the way and ruin your plans. Many people come across the homeless and wonder if they should help out or not. The reason people question if they should help is because some homeless people sometimes put themselves in that situation. However not all homeless people cause it upon themselves
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In today’s society people seem to have mixed emotions about videogames. It would be hard for you not to have an opinion about videogames in today’s world because everywhere you go you will see people playing games on their computers‚ cellphones‚ or gaming devices. Now with all of the popularity of videogames there are people out there who are against teenagers‚ young children‚ or anyone in general playing them. Videogames being so popular among our youth has gained the attention of parents and other
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doesn’t only affect older people but it also affects younger kids. It’s very difficult for homeless people to stabilize there life’s. For the same reason is that there are so many homeless people which are also not so healthy. If you actually think about it how is it possible for a homeless person to be healthy? It’s not possible they could hardly maintain themselves alive! For the same reason is that they need help. There are many people and many possible ways to
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blames himself for surviving in a tragic or event of life and death and others didn’t. Many people argue about survivor’s guilt. Some people believe survivor’s guilt is unfair‚ others feel it helps with healing. Survivors of life and death situations should feel
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When it comes to your junior year of high school the topic college starts to appear in your conversations more often. You start to think about what college you want to attend and then soon enough you start the application process. Some students have the grades and funds to venture off into the collages they want. On the other hand‚ there are some students who start their college experience at a community college because they don’t have the grades or funds to venture off to their dream college. To
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or explore the ocean someday. Many people think major explorations like exploring space and the oceans is a very important thing. People think major explorations can help us and help the world. Major explorations is a very common thing people talk about and put in the news but what they don’t know is that major explorations don’t really help us at all. In the articles and stories‚ “Remarks at the Dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center” a speech by John F Kennedy‚ “Why Exploring the Ocean
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