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Hemolysis Lab Report

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Kathleen Kramas
Cells and Heredity Lab
Tuesday 2:00-4:50
22 OCTOBER 2012
Membrane Permeability Decreases as Molecular Size Increases
Introduction:
Red blood cells are vital to organisms functioning properly. They are microscopic cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to all the tissues throughout the body. Upon transporting oxygen, red blood cells also exports waste, such as carbon dioxide, to the lungs where it can be expelled. Red blood cells are made up of hemoglobin which is surrounded by a cell membrane (Barrilleaux 2012). Organisms also have white blood cells, also referred to as leukocytes, which combat foreign antibodies in the immune system. White blood cells are complex in structure, and in contrast to red blood cells, have a …show more content…

We pipetted 1.2 mL of .3M glycerol into a cuvette and blanked the machine. We then mixed 3 ml of .3M glycerol and 10 ul of whole blood [1] in a test tube, covered it with parafilm and then inverted the tube to mix the solution adequately. We then pipetted 1.2 mL of the blood/glycerol solution into a new cuvette, put it in the spectrophotometer and recorded the absorbance for a time of ‘zero’. We then repeated these steps with .15M NaCl. We blanked 1.2 mL of a .15M solution, and then mixed 3mL of the .15M solution and 10 ul of horse blood in a test tube. We covered the test tube with parafilm and inverted the mixture, we then pipetted 1.2 mL of the mixture out and into a new cuvette. We measured the absorbance for a time of ‘zero’. We then simultaneously measured the absorbance of the glycerol/blood mixture and the NaCl/blood mixture every minute for 30 minutes. Basic Contrast Microscopy: We cleaned two glass slides with alcohol and put them aside. We then combined 1 mL of .15M NaCl and 10ul of whole horse blood in a microcentrifuge and immediately transferred 10 mL of the mixture to the clean glass slide, added a cover slip, recorded the start time and watched the cells under 400x bright 4field microscopy and recorded what we observed. We then switched to 400x phase contrast microscopy and also recorded what we saw

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