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As blood flows through the heart, which chambers will contain oxygenated blood?

Which type of capillary has an incomplete basement membrane and many large spaces between cells?  

A patient comes to the hospital, stating that he “feels sick”.  You perform a blood test that reveals an elevated white blood cell count.  The reports show the following white blood cell percentages: Basophils:                     1% Eosinophils:                  13% Neutrophils:                 50% Lymphocytes:              30% Monocytes:                  6% Based on these counts, which of the following most logically explains the patients complaint of feeling sick?

All of the following are distributed by the blood EXCEPT:

In a drop of blood, how many platelets should a normal healthy adult have?

Both high body temperature and sympathetic input to the heart will increase heart contractility.

Which layer of the heart wall is the deepest?

Which type of White Blood Cell has a nucleus divided into two segments/lobes?

Erythropoeisis (RBC production) requires which of the following vitamins?

White blood cells are produced by two different stem cell lines.  Please Match the white blood cell, with the correct stem cell: