The diffusion of water across a permeable membrane is called osmosis. Water concentration in red blood cells can cause three different situations: hypertonic solution‚ isotonic solution‚ and a hypotonic solution. A hypertonic solution is when there is a higher concentration of salts dissolved outside the cell and pure water inside the cell‚ the water rushes out of the cell to try to dilute the salt solution causing the cell to shrivel up. An isotonic solution is where the water has achieved equilibrium
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Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood. The heart pumps blood into the arteries (blood vessels)‚ which carry the blood throughout the body. Blood pressure is one of the vital signs. High blood pressure (hypertension) is a serious condition that can lead to various health problems (coronary heart disease‚ heart failure‚ stroke).It is dangerous because it makes the heart work harder to pump blood to the body and contributes to hardening
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Topic: The Process of Blood Donation General goal: To inform. Specific goal: To explain the process of donating blood Thesis Statement: I am going to be talking about the steps for donating blood‚ including the preparation‚ the drawing of blood‚ the recovery process‚ and what is done with the blood afterwards. Introduction: 1. As stated in the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in 2004‚ “blood is the fluid that circulates in the heart‚ arteries‚ capillaries‚ and veins of a vertebrate
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UNIT FIVE TEXT FIVE UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE By Bel Kaufman (Fragment) Bel Kaufman‚ an American writer. She worked as a teacher of the English language and literature in a New York high school for 15 years. "Up the Down Staircase" (1964) is her first prominent work. The book deals with the experiences of a young high school teacher. Sept. 25 Dear Ellen‚* It’s FTG (Friday Thank God)‚ which means I need not set the alarm for 6:30 tomorrow morning; I can wash a blouse‚ think a thought‚ write
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Michael Moran Prof. Aiossa 122-804 April 02‚ 2013 Jermaine Lamarr Cole‚ better known by his stage name J. Cole‚ is a rapper‚ songwriter and producer from Fayetteville‚ North Carolina. “Lost Ones” is a single from his album Cole World: The Sideline Story‚ which paints a picture of a man and a woman dealing with the prospect of having an abortion of their unborn child. Cole’s father left him and his mother when he was still young‚ and throughout this song he explores a little about how that situation
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Paradise Lost While watching the HBO Documentary “Paradise Lost”‚ I saw the horrific murder cases of three second grade boys at West Memphis Arkansas. The suspected murderers were Jessie Misskelley‚ Jr.‚ Jason Baldwin‚ and Damien Echols‚ their ages were seventeen‚ sixteen‚ and eighteen. As a motive for the murders the prosecution believed they were performed as a satanic ritual. After an intense trial each of the teenagers were found guilty by the jury‚ although there was a fairly large lack
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The short story ‘Spilled Salt’ is about a mother‚ called Myrna‚ whose son‚ Kenny‚ has been convicted to go to prison‚ then he comes back one day‚ and she does not know how to react about his homecoming. Myrna starts wondering how it all started and why she does not want to see her son anymore. She ends up deciding that she does not want to see Kenny again‚ and packs her stuff to go away for a week‚ and leaves a note behind for Kenny‚ saying that she does not want to see him again‚ and she wants‚
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Paradise Lost Q. “Adam’s disobedience surpasses the virtue of most fallen men.” Do you agree‚ or do you find Adam a weak character? Adam and Eve‚ the first man and the first woman‚ the predecessors of man‚ are the only two human beings in the epic poem of Milton. Before their fall from the paradise‚ they are as remote from any known human beings as any being of this world from the other world. They live a life of idyllic happiness. In the Garden of Eden‚ they have little to do but to lop and
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Let’s Make Salt Purpose: Could NaCl be made using NaHCO3‚ hydrochloric acid‚ and a boiling chip? Hypothesis: If I combined NaHCO3‚ hydrochloric acid‚ and a boiling chip I think it will form NaCl because when you balance the equation it makes a new chemical reaction. Materials needed: test tube cleaner‚ test tube‚ test tube tongs‚ hot plate‚ a scale‚ graduated cylinder‚ water‚ goggles‚ fire retardant glove‚ beaker‚ test tube holder‚ a scoopula‚ hydrochloric acid‚ sodium bicarbonate‚ soap‚ pipette
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BLOOD DONATION CAMP The Blood Donation Camp was hosted by St. John’s Medical Hospital on 18th December‚ 2012. 5 Doctors and 15 nurses had come to college and set up their hospital requirements in the Auditorium. The donation camp began at 10.30 am when various students had come forward to donate blood. Unfortunately for some‚ due to reasons like low blood count‚ blood pressure‚ recovery from various diseases‚ etc. they could not do so. Candidates who were not able to donate blood surely went disappointed
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