Blood composition

Approximately 8% of an adult’s body weight is made up of .

• blood

• water,

• Plasma proteins

• Albumins

Blood helps regulate:

• 1.pH by interacting with acids and bases

• 2.Water balance by transferring water to and from tissues

• destroy invading microorganisms and cancer cells

• 1+2

Functions of blood

• Regulation, Protection, Transport

• foreign invading cells, secrete histamine, release enzymes

• Regulation, broken up and destroyed, Transport

• carries most of the oxygen and some of the carbon dioxide

These are formed from the breakdown of tissue proteins or from the digestion of digested proteins.

• Globulins

• Fibrinogen

• Nitrogenous waste

• Amino acids

• Globulins +Amino acids

Red blood cells (RBCs), also known as.............. .

pick up oxygen from the lungs and deliver it to tissues:

• erythrocytes

• leukocytes

• Neutrophils

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also called polymorphonuclear

• Lymphocytes:

• Basophils

• Eosinophils

• Neutrophils

They have a pale nucleus that is usually hidden by granules

• Lymphocytes:

• Basophils

• Eosinophils

• Neutrophils

are generally seen mainly in fibrous connective tissue and only

occasionally in the circulation bloodstream

• Lymphocytes:

• Basophils

• Eosinophils

• Neutrophils

initiate blood clotting and help minimize blood loss.

• Blood

• Leukocytes

• Antibodies

• Platelet factors