Chapter 1, Problem 4.1P

1) What is the prefix that is used when we are expressing 1/1000 of the unit? 2) What is the unit of measurement for volume? 3) How many grams (g) are in 200 micrograms (ug)? 4) There are 2.54 cm in an inch. There are 12 inches in a foot. Calculate the height of a 6-foot 11-inch person in meters. 5) How many micrograms (ug) does 1 ul of water weigh? 6) Convert the following numbers: a. 1 ul = ml b. 1.534 cm = mm c. 46.8 ul = dl d. 6.9732 ug = kg 7) A drug is given at a dosage of 25 mg / kg body weight. a. Convert this dosage to ug per kg (ug/kg). b. How many ug of the drug in question a should be administered to a person who weighs 77 kg? 8) At rest the left ventricle of the heart pumps 5.0 liters of blood per minute (this is known as the cardiac output). Blood flow to the kidneys is approximately 1,220 ml per min at rest. a. What percentage (%) of the cardiac output do the kidneys receive at rest? b. Assume that the kidneys will receive the same percent of the cardiac output that was…

For Mg calculation, where did the 0.1 value come from?

A typical human body contains between 9 and 12 pints of blood. A woman's body contains 11.57 pints of blood and the density of hemoglobin in her blood is 13.5 g/dL. What is the mass in grams of hemoglobin that would be found in 11.57 pints of her blood?