8) The red blood cells are recycled
every ______.
a) 6 hours
b) 6 days
c) 6 weeks
d) 6 months
The answer is c: 6 weeks.
Back to the red blood cells:
Those little fellows who circulate through the body
carrying packages of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Those cells do their work for 40 to
45 days.
When they have been used up,
the spleen removes them from the bloodstream.
The old cells are replaced by new ones
formed
in the bone marrow and lymphoid tissues.
You may be interested to read an
article by Deepak Chopra which touches on The Whole Works.
It is archived at the Noetic Sciences Review, Vol. 28, Winter
1993, pages 16-21
Timeless
Mind, Ageless Body
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