Author Question: You have spent 24 hours traveling from the U.S to New Zealand, on quite a few airplanes with many ... (Read 12 times)

Sportsfan2111 · **on:** Feb 28, 2019

You have spent 24 hours traveling from the U.S to New Zealand, on quite a few airplanes with many stops. Because of the stress, changes in time zones, and short blocks of time between planes, you find yourself tired with a headache when you arrive. You are severely dehydrated. A hematocrit value of your blood would be ________ than normal because ________.
A) lower; more red blood cells are being made by the bone marrow
B) higher; you have less blood plasma volume
C) lower; the bone marrow is making fewer red blood cells due to the latitude of the airplanes
D) higher; more plasma proteins are made by the liver
E) lower; you have less blood plasma volume

Question 2

The major cation in cytoplasm is
A) sodium.
B) potassium.
C) calcium.
D) magnesium.
E) iron.