Flashcards
The 'H' words
Flashcards do conjunto (5)
- 1HomeostasisThe bodies
Feedback system
for balance - 2Haematocrit% Percentage of
Red blood cells (Erythrocytes)
in complete volume of blood
(blood contains RBC/45%, WBC, platelets & Plasma/55%) - 3HaemostasisSeries of responses to stop bleeding from a damaged blood vessel
(loss of blood from vessel known as haemorrhage)
1. Vascular spasm (vasoconstriction)
2. Platelet plug formation
3. Blood clotting (coagulation - fibre mesh) - 4HabituationThe senses: Touch, Smell, Hearing & Taste; becoming conditioned to a sensation. Recognizing it no-longer needs to respond to the stimulus (Sight does not habituate)
- 5HemoglobinProtein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to the body from the lungs, and Co2 from the body to the lungs
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- Which is which?
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- Trish MacLeman · abr 2016
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