KINESIOL 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Buffy Coat, Adrenal Medulla, Fluid Balance

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Transport of gases, nutrients, and waste products: oxygen, co2, glucose, amino acids, fatty acids, metabolic end products. Transport of processed molecules: vitamin d precursor from skin to liver and kidneys, we can get it from the diet, but a lot of it comes from the sun; Sun makes a precursor that gets taken to our liver for processing. Then it goes to kidneys for further processing to get the active vitamin d and it"s transported to the body: vitamin d is used in intestines to increase calcium intake. Important for maintaining osmosis and creating fluid balance: maintenance of body temperature, ex: heat transfer from muscle tissue to blood to skin to external environment to avoid large changes in core body temperature. Protection against foreign substances: antibodies produced, circulate in blood response to infection. Built-in mechanism for self-repair of damaged tissues; limit amount of blood loss. Take blood samples and spin them to separate components.

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