Components of Blood

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Components of Blood
Hematocrit numbers used at Duke Hospital male
39-49, female 33-43. (You will use these lower
numbers in Therapeutics.)
Fig. 18.1
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Red Blood Cell
Fig. 18.4
Table 18.7
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Cytoskeleton of Red Blood Cell
Figure 1-10.
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Hematocrit
For more information see Table 27-5, Ganong
Fig. 18.2
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Hemoglobin
Fig. 18.5
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Recycling of Hemoglobin
Fig. 18.9
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HEMOPOIESIS
erythropoietin
Fig. 27-2 Ganong
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Regulation of Erythropoiesis
Fig. 18.7
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Red Blood Cell Pathology

• Anemia
• hemorrhagic anemia
• pernicious anemia
• iron-deficiency anemia
• hemolytic anemia
• Polycythemia
• high altitude (physiological, not pathological)
• polycythemia vera