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The equation is favour towards right, generating Hb(CO)4(aq) since the bond much stronger.
LAB 7 REPORT
BLOOD PHYSIOLOGY 1: LEUKOCYTES, BLOOD TYPES, HAEMOSTASIS
e. Many of the early heart transplant patients died not from rejection of the transplanted
heart but from bacterial infections. How can this be explained?
The human body has a defend mechanism, immune system which will destroy germs such as
bacteria and viruses or cancer but unfortunately, it will also views the transplanted organs same
way as harmful diseases and attempt to destroy the organ as foreign substance. This will cause
the rejection of the transplanted organ. The transplant patients will receive immunosuppressant
prior to the surgery to reduce the risk of rejection. Thus they are very susceptible to infection,
as their immune system has been shut down and antibiotics are frequently insufficient to
combat the bacteria.
LAB 8 REPORT
RESPIRATORY FUNCTION
c. Why does a person often get light-headed and dizzy after blowing up a balloon or
blowing a horn vigorously? What causes this sensations?
Blowing into a balloon also may cause hyperventilation that leads to insufficient
carbon-dioxide in blood. This eventually will cause our body having an unbalanced pH
state, which may affect the dynamics of gas exchange at the lungs and at the tissues.
All tissues have a requirement for oxygen, but our brain cannot tolerate with a decrease
in oxygen at the tissues. When oxygen delivery to the brain is decreased by the change
in pH (because less oxygen is released at the tissues), our brain resulted in the symptom
of dizziness.