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What are the 3 main funtions of blood
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Transport
Regulation Protection |
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What is transported by the blood
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Oxygen
Carbon dioxide Nutrients Heat & waste products Hormones |
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What is regulated by the blood
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pH of body fluids help adjust the body temp
Blood osmostic pressure |
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What protective properties does blood offer
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1. Blood clotting for trauma
2. Protect against disease w/antibodies by phagocytosis and producing proteins 3. Interferons, which are additional protiens also protect against disease |
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What are the two main portions that blood is composed of
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45% formed elements
55% plasma |
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What makes up the formed elements in blood
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99% is RBC's
1% is WBC's and platelets |
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What are the componenets that make up plasma
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91.5% water
7% proteins 1.5% solutes other than protein |
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The 1% WBC's in the formed elements of blood is either granular or agranular leukocytes. What are found in each
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Granular leukocytes
1. Neutrophils 2. Eosinophils 3. Basophils Agranular leukocytes 1. T and B lymphocytes and natural killer cells 2. Monocytes |
