You Have Spent 24 Hours Traveling from the U

question 24

Multiple Choice

You have spent 24 hours traveling from the U.S to New Zealand, on quite a few airplanes with many stops.Because of the stress, changes in time zones, and short blocks of time between planes, you find yourself tired with a headache when you arrive. You are severely dehydrated. A hematocrit value of your blood would be ________ than normal because ________.

• A) lower; more red blood cells are being made by the bone marrow
• B) higher; you have less blood plasma volume
• C) lower; the bone marrow is making fewer red blood cells due to the latitude of the airplanes
• D) higher; more plasma proteins are made by the liver
• E) lower; you have less blood plasma volume

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