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Exploring Blood: From Myths to Biology

This quiz explores the intriguing aspects of blood from both a mythical and biological perspective, testing knowledge on blood-related creatures and scientific understanding of blood components and roles.

#Blood #Vampires #Biology #Television #Mythology

1 ________ are mythical creatures that drink blood directly for sustenance, usually with a preference for human blood.

2 Hemocyanin (________) contains copper and is found in crustaceans and mollusks.

3 The kidney actively secretes waste products into the ________.

4 Who played Janie in the telemovie Blood?

5 Who played Doug in the telemovie Blood?

6 Who played Regina Dracula Talbot, alias Orlovsky in the telemovie Blood?

7 Who played Jack Dyson in the telemovie Blood?

8 What does the following picture show? Frog blood magnified 600 times & Human blood magnified 600 times & Venous blood collected during blood donation.

9 Who played Heather Dyson in the telemovie Blood?

10 What role did Pamela Adams play in the telemovie Blood?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the mushroom Lactarius rubrilacteus is also known as the "Bleeding milkcap" because it releases a dark-red milky substance when sliced or cut.
  • the Von Willebrand factor is a blood protein used by the coagulation function of the circulatory system.
  • the presence of indoleic acid in one's urine may indicate a pathological accumulation of the amino acid tryptophan in the blood.
  • when Edwin J. Cohn gave public demonstrations of the newly-invented blood fractionation machine, he used his own freshly-drawn blood which, when the machine exploded after clogging, led to the first several rows of the audience being covered in blood.
  • the blood vessel present during fetal development that carries oxygenated blood from the placenta to the growing fetus is called the umbilical vein.
  • the blood of the skink Prasinohaema virens is bright green, due to an accumulation of the bile pigment biliverdin.
  • egg whites, fish bladders and powder made from dried blood have been used as finings to clarify wine.
  • Gregorio Perfecto High School is named after the politician, Gregorio Perfecto, who signed the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines with his own blood.
  • tumor markers are chemical substances found in blood that arise from the presence of cancerous tissues.
  • Aristotle believed that a vital heat was produced in the heart, causing blood to boil and expand outward into the arteries with each pulsation.
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