Basic Facts

• 1 drop of blood (~0.06mL)– 5 million RBCs– 8,000 WBCs– 250,000 platelets

• 1 RBC = 270,000,000 Hb molecules• 1 Hb = 4 heme groups

• 1 drop of blood = 5.4 x 1015 O2 molecules

• Entire body = 3.60 x 1020 molecules of oxygen

Proposed Design – Analysis

hrV 2 626 101105.2 = 1.9635 x 10-17 m3

2

2

1

1

T

V

T

V

310273

4.22 2V

K

L

V2 = 25.4 L/mol of gas

L

X14109635.14.25

1

X = 7.73 x 10-16 mol = 465,600,000 O2 molecules

Proposed Design – Power

• Anaerobic conversion of glucose to ATP via Embden-Meyerhof pathway