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The gel seperates the serum from the red blood cells
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What phlebotomy tubes get spun in the centrifuge?
Tiger top tube
Can you give an example sentence using the word spun?
The car inched forward as its wheels spun in the slippery snow.Patrick was dizzy after he spun around and around like a tornado.
Can you use had spun in a sentence?
The old woman had spun many threads on her spinning wheel before.
What energy is produced when a coiled wire is spun around a magnet?
Electrical
Why do clothes stick together after being spun in dryer?
that's because a kind that of force generates bteween the clothes after being spun so hard! that energy keeps them stuck together, as far as i know!!
When whole blood is spun into centrifuge the WBCs and platelets form a layer known as what?
Plasm
If 20mL of blood is spun in centrifuge how many milliliters of plasma can be extracted?
Usually 40-50% of the blood volume i.e. 8-10ml.
A specimen that had clotted and has been spun down yields?
serum
What phlebotomy tubes get spun in the centrifuge?
Tiger top tube
How would you describe the partial thromboplastin time test analysis?
The PTT test is a blood sample that is spun in a centrifuge, separating the plasma. The coagulation cascade is triggered by calcium and activating substances. The PTT is the time it takes for a blood clot to form.
What are the conditions that affect the microhematocrit value?
The speed and time of the centrifuge directly affect the microhematocrit values. Errors can be caused if it is not spun at the correct speed.
What is the technique by which hematologists separate parts of blood?
Different parts of blood can be separated with a centrifuge.Samples in test tubes for testing are spun in a centrifuge to separate the red cells from plasma. A pipette is used to aspirate the portion being tested. Donor blood in bags are also spun in centrifuges to separate red cells, buffy coat, and plasma. Separation is usually accomplished by squishing the bag so the supernatant is squeezed through tubing at the top of the bag. The rpm and time determines what level of separation is attained.
What tool spins out blood or urine?
Blood and urine are spun on centrifuges.
Instrument is used to spin liquids to separate components?
Small cylinders of liquids are placed in a disk, with their length in the plane of the disk. When the disk is spun at high revolutions per minute, a high centripetal force, equivalent to several gravities is generated along the length of the tube, thus settling out any heavier portions of the contents. In practice, the tube is inclined to the spin axis, to aid the sediment to flow down the surface of the tube.
What happens if the Earth spun faster?
The days would be shorter.
How is blood separated into components?
Blood is separated by centrifugation. That's like when you spin a bucket round your head and it stays put which is centrifugal force. Well, blood is spun round and the heavier particles, red blood cells, go to the outside, middle platelets stay in the middle and the lighter plasma is balanced on the top. Centrifugal force comes from the Latin meaning Centrum "center" and fugere "to flee". It is made when the substance is spun and pushed to the outside; the particles that are heavier have more gravitational pull so they are pulled to the bottom of the container they are in. The machine that blood is separated in is called the centrifuge they are used in laboratories and on an industrial scale for separating solids in suspensions of liquids.
What are three layers of blood spun around in a tube?
Red blood cells, serum, plasma
