Blood Definition and 324 Threads

  1. C

    Effects of gravity on blood pressure

    When you stand up, blood pressure in your feet rise the most and become appx. 180 mmHg. How then does blood flow throughout the vascular when aortic pressure is 120 mmHg? difference in P=FlowX Resistance
  2. T

    Pressure difference to maintain blood flow

    hey guys.. i need a bit of help on this question... For a non-smoker, with blood viscosity of 2.5x10-3Pa's, normal blood flow requires a pressure difference of 8.0 mm of Hg between the two ends of an artery. If this person were to smoke regularly, his blood viscosity would increase to...
  3. E

    Biochemist? anyone who knows about blood?

    Hello I have some 40 doses of frozen blood plasma from different people, I have to study the optics of wholeblood. Is it possible to just mix it with (lets say 40%) of fresh red blood cells. Will this do any harm the the biochemistry? In that case What if I'll do it by my self? just...
  4. P

    What adjective is used to describe the blood smell?

    Thanks What adjective is used to describe the blood smell ?
  5. E

    Medical Freezing of blood. What happens to it?

    Hey I have to do some spectroscopy of whole blood. But I can only get freezed blood. Is freezed blood different from 20 degree blood. Any chemical differences? does freezing destroy elements of blood. regards MB
  6. russ_watters

    Medical Why do people faint when getting blood drawn?

    So today, I got some blood drawn. A few minutes afterwards, while back sitting in the waiting room, I started to pass out. Over a period of what seemed like perhaps 5 minutes, my vision slowly greyed-out and I started to sweat. I called to a nurse and she helped me into a reclining chair...
  7. F

    How many molecules have a white blood cells

    How many molecules have a white blood cells and red blood cells? What are the chemical description and information about these above molecules?
  8. S

    Algorithms for getting Blood Pressure?

    Hey all, I'm doing this for a research project... I'm looking for an algorithm that can get the systolic and diastolic blood pressure using the oscillometric technique. I found techniques which find the blood pressured by first finding the max amplitude of the oscillometric wave and then finding...
  9. ~christina~

    Medical Can Thyroid Dysfunction Affect Blood Pressure and Heart Rate?

    I was just wondering what it means if you have tested yourself with a home tester and found that: When your heartbeat is fast, your bloodpressure is normal When your heartbeat is slow, your bloodpressure is high Would that mean that one's blood is thick? :biggrin:
  10. G

    Medical What is a Healthy Blood Pressure and Heart Rate for a 30-Year-Old Smoker?

    While I was at work I had it tested. BP was 116 over 82. Heart rate was 63. I guess that's good considering I smoke and don't eat real healthy. .. and I'm 30 for the record. So is that good, bad, normal?
  11. ~christina~

    Investigating Causes of Mucus and Blood in My Cat's Stool

    I was just wondering why I haven't thought about this before but mindlessly dealt with it and cleaned it up. Mew-mew my cat is a year old and for half a year he has had mucus (brown-clear) with sometimes a trace amount of blood in it. (not too much just a hair-literally looks like a red line)...
  12. M

    Acceleration of blood pumped by heart

    Hey, I"m having a few problems with some motion problems and was wondering if someone could help? The left ventricle of the heart accelerated blood from rest to a velocity of +23.9 cm s-1. If the displacement of the blood during the acceleration is +1.80 cm, determine its acceleration (in cm...
  13. J

    Medical Is There a Pill That Reduces Both Belly Fat and Blood Pressure?

    From New Scientist: "It sounds like the perfect remedy for modern life: a pill that simultaneously reduces both belly fat and blood pressure. And it may already exist." Has anyone ever heard of a patient on ACE inhibitors report they are losing belly fat? I'm only slightly interested in...
  14. L

    The probability of a rise or fall in blood pressure?

    The probability of a rise or fall in blood pressure?? I have developed a database program that searches for all blood pressure readings that are similar to the readings of any given patient. The program then retrieves the following day’s data from all the matching patients to find out what (if...
  15. A

    Find the average rate of flow of blood - artery

    Homework Statement The velocity v of the flow of blood at a distance r from the central axis of an artery of radius R is v=k(R^2-r^2) where K is the constant of proportionality. Find the average rate of flow of blood along a radius of the artery. (use 0 and R as the limits of integration)...
  16. U

    Medical Air bubble in blood circulation

    i remember once seeing on tv (fiction) how a man threatened another with a syringe and said he would inject the other with air and that 2 ccm would be enough to kill, if i remember correctly what happens if air gets into your circulatory system ? i imagine it would be ok until it is pumped...
  17. Mk

    Medical Discuss Cleveland Clinic Blood Storage Protocol & Risk to Patients

    http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn13501-twoweekold-blood-no-good-for-transfusions.html?feedId=online-news_rss20 http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/358/12/1229 Oh dear. Discuss.
  18. G

    What is the concentration of blood plasma under normal conditions?

    what is the concentration of blood plasma under normal conditions?? how do you even begin to answer this question HELP!
  19. Lisa!

    Medical Does Stress & Periods Affect Blood Pressure?

    What does increase our blood tension and might cause hypertension? Does period and stress increase our blood tension? More questions are coming ...:-p
  20. S

    Medical Understanding the Role of Potassium in Blood Pressure Regulation

    I am confused about how increased potassium intake lowers blood volume. I understand that K+ is the primary intracellular cation, and Na+ is the primary extracellular one. I also know that the Na-K pump ejects 3 Na+ from the cell for every 2 K+ it brings into the cell. My book physiology...
  21. B

    Absorption of Nutrients from Drinking Blood

    If a person ever drinks blood, what nutrients and stuff from drinking that blood would be absorbed into their bloodstream?
  22. B

    Blood Storage: Time Limit & Transfers?

    How long can blood be stored for until it's no longer usable is there a length of time after which its stored where it can no longer be transferred into someone? why/why not? thanks
  23. L

    Blood Vessels do they NOT follow Bernoulli's principle?

    According to bernoullli, assuming ideal flow, if you increase the area of a tube... vessel in this case, pressure increases as well however, high blood pressure is caused by constriction of arteries... so is blood flow just not ideal then?
  24. B

    Components of O Type Blood & Rhesus Factor

    O type blood Blood that is donated isn't necessarily compatible even if it's O type right because of the rhesus factor? Somebody told me it was but I think maybe they were wrong?
  25. B

    Medical What Belongs in Medical Sciences vs. Biology Sections?

    What goes in Medical Sciences section and what goes in the biology section? I've had threads moved before, I mean what content would go into the medical sciences section? [edited: second question already asked in biology ~Moonbear]
  26. D

    Evolution of blood clotting mechanism

    I'm currently reading this article by Ken Miller on a plausible account of how the blood clotting mechanism in vertebrates might have evolved. There's some things I don't understand but which I hope someone here will explain to me: Here's the article...
  27. Evo

    Ooops Must blood pressure medicine from the litter box.

    I just dropped a 3 month supply of blood pressure medicine into the cat box. Does the 30 second rule apply to capsules in the cat box? :rolleyes:
  28. B

    What Are the Key Differences in Human Blood Beyond Type and Infections?

    Human blood is human blood right? So is the blood of caucasians, white people, black people etc all the same? What are the differences between the blood of some humans and the blood of others, other than blood type and having infections like aids? thanks
  29. Ivan Seeking

    Medical Dark Green Blood In The Operating Theatre

    http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/73473.php
  30. C

    Medical Cord Blood Banking: Donate to Help Others Benefit

    We can't afford to bank the babies cord blood, but I know how beneficial it is. Is there some way I can donate it so even though we can't store it some other child could benefit?
  31. B

    Medical Bloody Stool: Causes, Treatment, and When to Seek Medical Help

    I have like, the highest amount of anxiety and paranoia possible, I was badly abused in high school and have post traumatic stress I thought it was normal to **** blood during your period ie when you go to the bathroom...I've done it since I can't remember...is that not normal? wtf? Anyways...
  32. P

    How Does Blood Temperature Change During Exercise?

    Question: Blood can carry excess energy from the interior to the surface of the body, where the energy is dispersed in a number of ways. While a person is exercising, 0.671 kg of blood flows to the surface of the body and releases 1860 J of energy. The blood arriving at the surface has the...
  33. E

    Medical Velocity of blood through aorta

    Does anyone know the velocity of blood through the aorta? I have a problem that involves an ultrasound probe and I need to know which velocites of blood I should design for. I know cardiac output is stroke volume x heart rate, but a) what are the range of values for stroke volume and b) how do...
  34. D

    Medical Blood pressure meds are they good?

    blood pressure meds! are they good? Hi all, I am 26 years old female and recently put on high blood pressure meds. I believe it was caused by a lot of stress and anxiety. I was put on meds after the birth of my daughter about 3 years ago. Some people tell me that once I start high blood...
  35. R

    Medical Is it Safe to Take Medication to Raise Low Blood Pressure?

    [SOLVED] I have had low blood pressure I have had low blood pressure which was normally 90-95 over 75-80. Now my question is, if its bad to have low blood pressure wouldn’t you think there would be a pill to safely raise it much like those who take BP meds to lower there high pressure. And if...
  36. L

    Solving Blood Pressure Difference with Constricted Artery

    Homework Statement Normal blood speed is 0.13 meters/second. If an artery has a narrowing down to one-seventh of the normal cross-sectional area, what is the difference in blood pressures between the normal and constricted segments? Answer is Pascals. Blood density is 1060 kg/meters^3...
  37. S

    Is it harder to swim in blood than in water?

    I am sorry, I didn't know exactly where to put this. I do believe it has to do with physics but I am not completely sure, so I hope it's OK to place the thread here. If not, I apologize greatly. I had a discussion at school about swimming in various liquids. I came to the conclusion that it...
  38. M

    News Is Every Non-Essential Dollar Spent Contributing to Global Suffering?

    Peter Unger has argued that every single dollar you do not spend on anything but the absolute essentials of our survival is a dollar that has some starving child's blood on it. What are your opinions on this statement?
  39. N

    Blood pressure and needle insertion

    OK, so I'm new here and really lost on how to these two problems involving blood pressure and syringe force etc. Any help would be appreciated, and if you could somewhat explain how you solved it that would be great, so I can know how to do this in the future. Homework Statement 1...
  40. V

    How much time does the blood take to reach its final velocity?

    [SIZE="3"]the left ventricle of the heart accleartes blood from rest toi a velocity of +26 cm/s. A)if the displacement of the blood during the acceleration is +20 cm, determine its accleatrion in (cm/s) b) How much time does the blood take to reach its final velcoity? Kindly please...
  41. S

    Gram negative bacteria and blood agar hemolysis

    I've looked all over and I can only find information on blood agar hemolyis for gram positive bacteria. Can I take this to mean that gram negative bacteria are generally gamma hemolytic? If so, are there any notable exceptions to this? One that I would guess is pathogenic E. coli, which cause...
  42. E

    Does blood group influence personality traits and familial similarities?

    is anyone`s blood group like his fathers? has blood group any affect on someones personality ?
  43. B

    Blood pressure Bernoulli physicsforums

    I am taking Physics and Anatomy simultaneously and was confused by something that was taught and seemed contradictory. In Bernoulli's equation (for fluids) I learned that as the cross sectional area of a pipe or tube decreases, the velocity of the fluid increases. And I also learned that the...
  44. H

    How Many Revolutions Per Second to Settle Red Corpuscles in a Centrifuge?

    Homework Statement A sample of blood is placed in a centrifuge of radius 15.7 cm. The mass of a red corpuscle is 3.09×10-16 kg, and the magnitude of the force required to make it settle out of the plasma is 4.01×10-11 N. At how many revolutions per second should the centrifuge be operated...
  45. A

    Aquiring blood samples for research.

    For a required research project for my degree, I am giong to need blood samples. Anyone have any ideas on who I should contact? A hospital, a doctor? edit: Blood samples will have different blood diseases and disorders
  46. P

    Fetal Pig Anatomy: Urinary Bladder Blood Vessels

    What blood vessels run on either side of the urinary bladder in the fetal pig? is it umbilical vein or umbilical artery?
  47. Mk

    Why is There an Age Limit for Blood Donation?

    I noticed that there are normally age limits to donating blood, 17 being the most common. Why must there be an age limit? Isn't a 16-year-old's blood just as good as a 17-year-old's? I can't imagine it would be that bad for a person's own health to donate blood. Is it because of responsibility...
  48. C

    The Impact of Blood Diamond on My Life

    I just saw Blood Diamond. I don't know how to say this, but I am never going to buy a diamond in my life.
  49. B

    HELP? popped blood vessel (i think?)

    So, the other day i was popping a small pimple on the middle to upper part of my nose. A few minutes later on the very tip of my nose (not where the pimple was) a circular dot about the size of a dime appeared. It is redish/purplish in color. It has been present for about 2 days and still...
  50. T

    How High Should the IV Bag Be to Ensure Fluid Flow into the Vein?

    An IV is connected to a patient's vein. The blood pressure in the vein has a gauge pressure of 18 mm Hg. At least how far above the vein must the IV bag be hung in order for fluid to flow into the vein? Assume the fluid in the IV has the same density as blood (use 1060 kg/m3 for the density of...
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