American Physiological Society
By Nancy J. Pelaez, Denise D. Boyd, Jacqueline B. Rojas, and Mildred A. Hoover
“Prevalence of Blood Circulation Misconceptions among Prospective Elementary Teachers”
Publisher: Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
3-29
Pp. 172-181
2005
Prevalence of Blood Circulation Misconceptions among Prospective Elementary Teachers
Type: Empirical
Data collection method: Survey
Number of subjects, range: Large — 31 or more
Grade and age of subjects: Adult — over 18 years
- Oxygen is a fuel or nutrient.
- Carbon dioxide is poisonous.
- Carbon dioxide turns hemoglobin blue.
- Waste carbon dioxide turns lungs black.
- White blood cells carry carbon dioxide.
- The blood stream has space for air.
- Carbon dioxide converted to oxygen.
- All the carbon dioxide is cleared.
- Blood devoid of oxygen is oxygenated.
- Term osmosis used instead of diffusion.
- Direction for diffusion reversed.
- Round trip around hands and then feet.
- Blood travels from heart to lungs to body.
- Blood travels from body to lungs.
- Right and left side of heart reversed