Blood Components and Functions

What percentage of plasma is made up of water?

• 100%
• 90%
• 45%
• 55%

Which component of blood is responsible for helping to stop bleeding?

• platelets
• red blood cells
• white blood cells
• plasma

Which component of blood is responsible for carrying oxygen?

• red blood cell
• white blood cell
• platelets
• plasma

The fluid portion of blood that carries blood cells, glucose, proteins, fats, and wastes throughout the body.

• red blood cells
• white blood cells
• plasma
• platelets

Who am I?
I am the largest (in size) blood component and have a nucleus.

• white blood cell
• red blood cell
• platelet
• hemoglobin

These blood cells are the protectors and help fight off disease.

• Red blood cells
• White blood cells
• Plasma
• Platelets 

What does blood transport?

• Nutrients
• Oxygen 
• Carbon Dioxide
• All of the above

Another name for white blood cells is

• erythrocytes
• plasmocytes
• leukocytes
• thrombocytes

Red blood cells are

• thrombocytes
• neutrophils
• monocytes
• erthryocytes

Which of the following is not a function of blood?

• help fight disease
• transports nutrients, oxygen, wastes, and hormones
• to distribute neorotransmitters
• distributes heat