Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Blood Typing

Learn about the components and measurement of arterial blood pressure, as well as the variables affecting blood flow and blood pressure in this learning exercise.

Students learn about the development of blood vessels, and how this contrbutes to fetal circulation.

Students discover how blood typing affects transfusions and organ transplants. They will also learn how the immune response is able to control some cancers.

Students learn the anatomy and physiology of the human heart through text readings, illustrated diagrams, and self-checking review questions at the end.

Find out about the characteristics and components of blood with informational text, diagrams, examples, and review questuons.

Learn the structure and function of the blood vessels of the human cardiovascular system.

Students learn how buffer systems in the body - the respiratory and the renal - affect the blood pH.

Students learn about cardiac muscles and the electrical activity that helps them function to pump blood throughout the body.

Learn how several hormones have specific, important roles in regulating kidney function. Find out how they act to stimulate or inhibit blood flow.

Students trace the generation of the formed elements of blood from bone marrow stem cells, and then learn the role of hemopoietic growth factors in promoting the production of the formed elements.