BIOL 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Bilirubin, Antibody, Hemoglobin
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Allows for red blood cell flow to be distorted where these blood cells would get stuck in the capillaries, causing blood to gum up. The only time red blood is sickle when the tension of the environment is low, so any extreme activities, blood cells will sickle. Problem is that it"s in the genes and can still mutate into sickle cell. Oxygen and carbon monoxide bind to heme group. So oxygen can"t get to blood and thus you die. 90% of red blood cell will be destroyed by macrophages. 10% of red blood cells will die by tissue wore out. Amino acids are released from the enzymes that cut up the red blood cells that are free to roam around. Heme group is released from the enzymes that cut up the red blood cells, so heme is converted to bilirubin. People who have diseases in the liver have problems making bilirubin, which can be leeway to jaundice.
