#red blood cells

[scopnotes]

It was the time to design an Amoeba~

Quite a strange threat for the squiggles

[rabiesbites]

i made a new little guy!!!

[synergysilhouette]

Four white blood cells with their red blood cells

(Plus some platelets, regular cells, and killer-T cells.)

[daughter-of-lethe]

Red blood

White snow

[everythingsaulsaw]

Cells at work fanart

I love them sm.

[unknown-drawings]

Cells at work! White blood cell as a disassembly drone and Red blood cell as a worker drone :D I love this anime I'm so sad it's off of Netflix now 😭😭

[ricisidro]

I ♥️ both the live-action Cells at Work movie and the anime series on Netflix.

It's fun watching the inner workings of the human body. And after watching Cells at Work, it would make you want to take care of yourself.

Amazing edutainment ride with Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells and T-cells as they work tirelessly in protecting us from infections and diseases.

#CellsAtWork #Netflix

#Health #Science #Immunology #redbloodcells #WhiteBloodCells #Tcells #KnowYourCells #Hematology #MedicalEducation #BloodHealth #HealthyLiving #HealthAwareness #cytokine #inflammation #immunity

#pneumonia #flu #influenza #cancer #infection #disease

[scopnotes]

I was cursed with white blood cells facts so you get to know them too

[robinlmaoo]

AA2153 and AC1677 but with that one scott pilgrim template thingy that’s going around

angst/SPOILERS version under the cut:

i love giving myself unnecessary excessive emotional damage

[graham-tails]

I think my burger is a little bloody.

[adinelleggreeo]

Daily Doodles- Day 188- 20/10/24

Still watching Cells at Work and it reminded me of an idea I had back in the day. It was about drawing my own versions of the cells, but as eldritch type creatures.

My art leans more cutesy these days, I just rolled with it. This is a version of a red blood cell! She holds oxygen and/or CO2 in her 'hat' and 'skirt'.

These are other red blood cells with different 'outfits'.

The tag for this is #agdoodles

[daughter-of-lethe]

Red blood

White snow

[elliots1stshadow]

My oc Joey the goblin. She's just a little bit insane.. just a tad bit

[kiwikuckers]

The OJ fans gonna love this one ☕️😏 Eee this is my red blood cell OC Eryn Throcyte! I have a bio for her on my instagram @kiwi_kucks, tho bear in mind that it’s old and outdated hhh

[justkidneying]

ANOTHER regen question!

Let's see if I phrase this one right it's been rolling in my brain a bit

Assumptions are the character heals a slower than Wolverine and they've just suffered some serious blood loss. Like they lost ~3L of it and the wound has now closed up and the body's working to create as much blood as possible.

Given how bone marrow is where blood comes from, what sorts of things might they have to deal with in the recovery period? Like, as the body is taxing the marrow like that (and/or whatever else it has to)?

I'm going to assume this is a ~200lb man, just to give some leeway. So a big guy like this would have maybe 6 liters of blood in him (most humans range from 4-6 L). If he loses ~3 L, I would say he would probably just die. If blood loss is >40%, that's a Class IV hemorrhage, which presents with absent peripheral pulses, hypotension (low blood pressure), and no peepee output. This person will go into hemorrhagic shock. Since they lack the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin that is found in blood, they will not be able to supply oxygen to their tissues. This stops the usually metabolic processes and switches the body to anaerobic metabolism, which makes lactic acid and very little ATP (energy). Lactic acid leads to acidosis. Acidosis leads to cell death, coma, and plain ole death. He will die.

But wait! He's got regenetative powers to save him, right? No. If his powers aren't magical, then he will still die. Because regeneration is based on being able to replicate cells very quickly, he would need to do it fast enough to beat the cells that are dying. Unfortunately, he doesn't have enough ATP to do normal cell stuff and make a bunch more. Replication of cells requires a lot of ATP (energy). So he will still die.

Now, let me answer the second question, and we will go back to when he is still alive. Let's change it so he only lost ~30% of his blood volume (1.8L). He's still not doing good (he has Class III hemorrhage) but he can live. This will present with pallor, coolness in the limbs, altered mental status, narrowing blood pressure (the top and bottom numbers are getting close together), increased respiratory rate, and increased heart rate. The body is trying to keep blood flow to the vital organs. Let's say he survives and now he's home and trying to recover.

Blood has a lot of things in it, but the important bits are plasma (the liquid bit which makes up ~55% of blood), red blood cells (they carry oxygen), platelets (for clotting) and white blood cells (part of the immune system).

The most important one here are the RBCs. 90% of plasma is water, and you won't die right away without the other ones. The body measures RBCs through the kidney. If the kidney sees that you don't have enough of them, then it sends a hormone (EPO) to the spongey inner bone where blood is made. EPO causes more stem cells to turn into RBCs (instead of WBCs or platelets). To make these, you need iron. The iron stores of the body will be used, and you will take up more iron from your food.

Overall, I'd say the guy will feel like shit, and he should probably take a break for about 3 months while he replinishes his blood supply. He should eat foods high in iron, maybe take an iron supplement. But he'll be anemic while he recovers and be low on those other blood cells. Honestly, his regen powers aren't that useful here. They were useful in fixing whatever caused the blood loss, keeping him from losing a ton of cells to blood supply issues, and that's about it. If he doesn't have an advanced factor, then he can't really be helped with making more RBCs.

I hope I answered your question, and thank you very much for asking it!

[superkometa]

I realized I never posted her, so have a red blood cell I've made for a biology presentation