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Composes Whole Blood |
Blood Plasma/Formed elements |
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Liquid extracellular matrix |
Contains dissolved substances |
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Formed elements |
Cells and cell fragments |
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RBC's |
Majority (99%) of formed element in whole blood |
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WBC's / Platelets |
Formed element occupies 1% of total whole blood volume |
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Percentage of formed elements in whole blood |
45 % |
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Percentage of whole blood forms liquid plasma |
55 % |
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Hematocrit |
Percentage of total blood volume occupied by RBC's |
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HCT expressed as |
Percentage |
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Hematocrit Percentage |
47 % Males / 42 % Females |
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Buffy Coat |
Made up of WBC's and platelets (1 % of total blood volume) |
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Thin layer lies between packed RBC's and blood plasma in centrifuged blood. |
Buffy Coat Layer |
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Blood Plasma Breakdown |
91.5% water 7 % proteins 1.5 % solutes other than proteins |
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Synthesized by liver |
Proteins in blood (plasma proteins) |
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Albumins |
Most plentiful plasma proteins (Account for 54 % of all plasma proteins) |
