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what are the four things blood is made up with
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Plasma White blood cells Red blood cells and Platelets
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what is plasma
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main purpose in blood is to carry the other three blood components (red blood cells, white blood cells and Platelets
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what is red blood cells (rbc)
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* Carries oxygen (O2) from the lungs to all the other living cells in your body except the white blood cells in blood.
* So Red Blood Cells carry oxygen and some carbon dioxide to and from the living cells of the body. |
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what cells kill germs
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white blood cells
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what cells keep loss of blood to a minimum
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Platelets
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what is the main purpose for blood
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to transport oxygen and nutrients around the body
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where does blood come from
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blood is made from bone marrow
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