Blood Definition and 324 Threads

Note: Although this article is published by Jehovah's Witnesses, it is not religious. It is written in a persausive manner against transfusion but contains purely scientific reasoning. I highly suggest you read it before posting. Also you need to hit the "next page" arrow to see the article...

If you were near someone that was smoking Marjuana, and you inhaled the smoke but dident smoke it, then would it get in your system?... like say you were sitting in the same car as them. The reason I'm asking is because I'm going for a blood test soon, and i need to know. Also, how long does it...

Does a specific part of your blood carry nutrients to your body (like red blood cells carry o2), or are they just floating around free in the plasma?

Blood transfusions--from CHIMPS?! Yesterday I was watching a documentary about the close relationship between chimps and humans. I was appalled to hear the narrator explain the relationship of chimps and humans to be so close that humans could take blood transfusions from chimps. They gave a...

Blood Pressure... What exactly is blood pressure? What causes it? (ie - on molecular level) Also, why is blood pressurehigh in arteries but low in capillaries and veins? Thanks in advance.

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Maybe I'm missing something here but wouldn't I need the area to solve the following problem? 1. Blood plasma has a density of 1026 kg/m^3. What is the minimum height above a vein -- in which the blood pressure is 16 torr -- that a container of blood plasma should be placed in order for the...

Do people now have any drugs for this cancer ? Thanks

I didn't realize an industry was being so aggresively developed around this. But many say companies are exploiting parents' paranoia NEW YORK - When Marla Dalton was expecting, she read the pregnancy magazines, picked up pamphlets at her doctor’s office and logged on to mom-centric Web...

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A question about Smokers Blood... Saw a very interesting question raised, in the local paper, the other day. Why is it that Blood transfusion Agencies allow smokers to donate blood, and it is considered "transfusably 'safe' blood", (means it's just fine to put it into you) when it has all those...

Hi all, Before I ask a Q about blood cancers, can I just check - is it right that cell division of blood cells takes place only in the bone marrow (and not in the bloodstream or anywhere else)? Thanx Charles

I'm having a problem solving two problems, wondering if someone can help me out... 1)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, 0.645 kg of blood flows to the surface of the body...

What determines the Colour of BLOOD And why the colour of insects different? I don't know Biology But i want the answer for above just to add to my knowledge

Hi i had a question wondering ok i have heard and read that most people are blood type O. Well since O is a recessive gene how is it that there are so many O types when the other ones should be dominating. I just don't understand it?

hi! nice board! 1 Q : why can't we (can we?) eliminate HIV by replacing all the blood from one's body ?

Interesting fact: The liver is an organ that filters blood that comes from the digestive tract, blood comes in one side and goes out another. Researchers wondered whether pathologies could arise when the wrong 'type' of blood enters the liver, fresh blood might have certain cell-mediators...

can anyone help me out with this question:In order to lift a wire ring of radius 2.07 cm from the surface of a container of blood plasma, a vertical force of 1.90×10-2 N greater than the weight of the ring is required. Calculate the surface tension of blood plasma from this information. I can't...

Here is the question and my solution (Which is wrong..) my question is.. where did I go wrong? A patient is to be given a blood transfusion. The blood is to flow through a tube from a raised bottle to a needle inserted in the vein. The inside diameter of the 3.97 cm long needle is 0.406 mm...

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Can you see this? What a God he is? The little girl just died for nothing.

last time i heard scientists were bitterly disputing whether dinosaurs are warm blooded or cold blooded.what's the latest verdict?by the way can anyone give me a sane reason why a predator like t-rex should have no use for forelimbs?

Does the Corioulis force effect our blood cycle[?]