WEEK 1: THE BLOOD AND BODY DEFENSES, TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE

Question 1

What is the function of blood?

Answer 1

*Transport: Hormones, waste materials of metabolic processes, nutrients, respiration

*Protection: WBC protect against diseases, performs hemostasis,

*Regulation: Temperature, pH and water content in cells

Question 2

State Murphy’s law.

How is it relevant in this case?

Answer 2

Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

Like all things in life the blood may fail to perform any of the functions discussed earlier

Question 3

Anemia (‘without blood’ ‘low blood’, ‘tired blood’, ‘iron poor-blood’).

Describe the red blood cells for a normal individual.

Answer 3

A healthy person has:

*An adequate number

*Of correctly sized red blood cells

*That contain enough hemoglobin to carry sufficient oxygen to all the body’s tissues.