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; the bone marrow is making fewer red blood cells due to the latitude of the airplanesb. lower; more red blood are being made by the bone marrowc. higher; more plasma proteins are made by the liverd. higher; you have less blood plasma volume