today's fave names etc.
Glee
Myrtlelou
Also, Johnson is an actual last name, so that's not as bothersome to me. Double first names are awful, though. James David. Colette Marie. Etc.
And I trump both Cheryl and Dre. Two people I knew growing up: Rusty Staples and Diamond Guitar.
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NB 19:27
Prettiest name: Mariqueta
Best/worst name: Semen. Fer real. Was a dear old man, though, so I can't really say much else about the name. But do I really need to?!
Spun the most lipidic plasma specimen* I've ever seen... from an 11 mo old girl. Yikes.
Accidentally blew a sweet old lady's vein during a draw (Mariqueta, actually). It was a bad judgment on my part -- she had what appeared to be, for all intents and purposes, very viable veins. I chose one in her AC, used a regular needle with a vacuum tube, and as soon as I stuck the tube on *pop!* goes her delicate 82 yr old vein. Shit. She didn't seem upset about it, but I sure was. It's never happened before. Used a wee butterfly on the other arm with no problems and warned her to tell her phleb from now on to use butterflies despite the apparent heartiness of her blood vessels.
Blood is an aqueous medium that contains an appreciable amount of lipid. Normal blood serum or plasma appears as a pale yellow, clear liquid, because the fat has been emulsified to give water-soluble fat-protein aggregates. These aggregates are designated as lipoproteins and have a lipid core and a protein coat. Fat enters the lymph in the form of chylomicrons, which are large triglyceride-rich particles. In the course of circulation the triglyceride is deposited in or metabolized by cells and the particles become smaller in size. The lipoproteins can be separated physically on the basis of their hydrated density and are designated as very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL), low-density lipoproteins (LDL), and high-density lipoproteins (HDL).
Although estimations of the lipid composition of the various lipoproteins are available, their size and shape may vary.The proteins surrounding the lipid core (apoproteins) have been characterized and their biological functions catalogued. Thus, apolipoprotein AI (ApoAI) and apolipoprotein AII (ApoAII) are present only in HDL and are required for metabolism of the lipid portion of HDL. ApoAI activates lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase, which is active in the synthesis of cholesterol esters, and ApoII is required for breakdown of the triglycerides by lipoprotein lipase.
Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) occurs only in LDL and is required for secretion of the triglyceride-rich lipoproteins. The exclusivity of ApoA and ApoB to HDL and LDL, respectively, is often used for determination of LDL/HDL ratios. Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is present in both VLDL and HDL. It occurs in several modifications (isoforms), which may determine level of success in treatment of hypercholesterolemia and which have been hypothesized to influence susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease. An LDL variant, Lp(a), appears to confer increased susceptibility to atherosclerosis, and its presence in serum is often used as an additional diagnostic indicator. The principal lipoproteins, LDL and HDL, are known popularly as the "bad" and the "good" cholesterol. Elevated levels of LDL are a risk factor for heart disease, hence LDL is considered to be a "bad" lipoprotein. Elevated HDL levels lower the risk of heart disease, hence the designation '"good" cholesterol. LDL is rich in cholesterol and delivers cholesterol into cells, whereas HDL, which is about 50 percent protein, aids in cholesterol egress from cells.