SCI BLOOD AND BLOOD VESSELS

3 main functions of blood

• transporting oxygen, hormones and nutrients to the lungs and tissues

• regulates body temperature

• fights infection

• dilute waste products

main components of blood

• plasma

• red blood cells

• white blood cells

• platelets

• hemoglobin

blood plasma makes up of __% of the blood

• 55

• 44

• 50

• 30

blood plasma is made of

• water

• protein

• ions

• nutrients

• dissolved gases

take nutrients, hormones, and proteins to the parts of the body that need it

transport nutrients to organs/tissues and to transport wastes away from organs/tissues in the blood.

carry oxygen from the lungs and deliver it throughout our body.

• RBC

• WBC

• Platelets

They are produced in the bone marrow and typically live for about 120 days.

• RBC

• WBC

• Platelets

small, round, and biconcave in shape or disk shaped

• RBC

• WBC

• Platelets

no nucleus but has hemoglobin

• RBC

• WBC

• Platelets