Anatomy and Physiology
Anatomy and Physiology
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ISBN: 9781260256000
Author: SALADIN
Publisher: MCG
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How the body disposes of the hemoglobin from RBCs and the relation between this and bile pigments, fecal pigments, and the pigment of the urine.

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The body is endowed with mechanisms to detect changes in its internal environment, to antagonize the changes, and to ultimately maintain a fairly constant internal environment. These mechanisms together are termed as homeostasis – the maintenance of a constant internal environment.

The number of RBCs in the blood is maintained at a constant level by a balance between the supply of new RBCs by erythropoiesis and RBC death and degradation, which happens around their 120-day life.

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