You have spent 24 hours traveling from the U.S to New Zealand, on quite a few airplanes with many stops. Because of the stress, changes in time zones, and short blocks of time between planes, you find yourself tired with a headache when you arrive. You are severely dehydrated. A hematocrit value of your blood would be ________ than normal because ________
A) lower; more red blood cells are being made by the bone marrow
B) higher; you have less blood plasma volume
C) lower; the bone marrow is making fewer red blood cells due to the latitude of the airplanes
D) higher; more plasma proteins are made by the liver
E) lower; you have less blood plasma volume
B
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