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Homework Assignment: Blood test concentrations           Name: _______________________
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Blood Test	Specimen	Conventional Units	SI Units	Extra Questions
Calcium	Serum	9-10.5 mg/dL	2.25-2.62 mmol/L
Iron	Serum	60-150 mg/dL	mmol/L	% (wt/vol)
Lead	Serum	<40 mg/dL	<1.9  mmol/L
Zinc	Serum	mg/dL	11.5-18.5  mmol/L	% (wt/vol)
Cholesterol, HDL (Acceptable)	Plasma	>40 mg/dL	>1.03 mmol/L	______g in 5L blood
Cholesterol, Total (Elevated)	Plasma	>240 mg/dL	mmol/L	______g in 5L blood
Platelets	Blood	130,000-400,000/mm3	130-400 × 109/L
Erythrocyte count	Blood	4./mm3	4.15-4.90 × 1012/L	/mL
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate;	Blood	0-20 mm/h	0-20 mm/h
Estradiol Women (higher at ovulation)	Plasma	20-60 pg/mL	70-220 pmol/L	ppb (µg/L)
Estradiol Men	Plasma	<50 pg/mL	pmol/L
Glucose fasting (Diabetes mellitus)	Plasma	>140 mg/dL	>7.8 mmol/L	_____g in 5 L blood
Glucose fasting (Normal)	Plasma	mg/dL	4.2-6.4 mmol/L	M
Vitamin A	Serum	20-100 mg/dL	0.7-3.5  mmol/L
Vitamin C	Serum	0.4-1.0 mg/dL	23-57  mmol/L	M
Vitamin D	Plasma	14-42 ng/mL	nmol/L	ppb (µg/L)
SI=International Units from French Système International d'Unités
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/diabetes/faq/part1/section-9.html
Human body  has about 5 liters of blood
dL=deciliter	tenth	mmol = millimole	thousandth
ng = nanogram	billionth	pmol = picomole	trillionth
Serum:  The clear yellowish fluid obtained upon separating whole blood into its solid and liquid components after it has been allowed to clot. Also called blood serum.
Plasma:  The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended. It differs from serum in that it contains fibrin and other soluble clotting elements.