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Functions of blood (8) |
-transporting oxygen and nutrients to the cell -transporting carbon dioxidr and waste products away from the cell -transporting hormones to the cell -maintaining pH of bodily fluids -distributing heat and maintaining body temperature -maintain water content and ion concentration of bodily fluids -protect against disease -clotting and preventing blood loss |
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Red blood cells |
Erythrocytes |
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White blood cells |
Leucocytes |
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Paletes |
Thrombocytes |
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How is oxygen transported? |
Through oxyhaemoglobin increasing red blood cells ability to cary oxygen. 97% is transported through haemoglobin molecules in plasma. |
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How is carbon dioxide transported? |
8% is dissolved in plasma, 22% combines with globin of haemoglobin to form carbaminohaemoglobin and 70% is carried by bicarbonate ions in plasma |
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Arteries |
Blood is carried away from heart |
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Capillaries |
Blood carried between cells in tiny vessels |
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Capillaries |
Blood carried between cells in tiny vessels |
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Veins |
Carry blood back to the heart |
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Veins |
Carry blood back to the heart |
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Right side of the heart pumps blood to... |
The lungs |
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Left side of the heart pumps blood to... |
The body |
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Systole is? |
The pumping phase of the cardiac cycle, heart muscles contract |
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Diastole |
Is the filling phase of the cardiac cycle, heart muscles relax |
