THE
FBI ④ ④ ☒ BLOOD PLASMA :
pale yellow
watery liquid
I $ LENK
•
-
.
making up 50% -60% of
the blood volume
red blood cells
Erythrocytes =
Leukocytes = White blood cells
platelets = cell fragments (for blood cloning)
materials transported in blood:
Nutrients amino acids, vitamins,
glucose
:
,
minerals (carried in plasma )
oxygen : carried in haemoglobin by RBCs
CO2 carried plasma RBCs from
respiring
: in ✗
tissues
carried
urea : in plasma to
kidneys
Hormones :
transported in plasma
Antibodies : proteins ) produced by
lymphocytes
C
✗ carried in plasma
Heat : distributed from warm to cool areas
Arteries : carry blood
away from the
=
heart
thick, walls to withstand high
strong
-
pressure
↳
strength comes from fibres present
collagen
in smooth muscle which contract at
,
heartbeat to maintain blood pressure
every
and
keep the blood
flowing
, Veins :
carry blood# the heart
•
thin walls because the blood is at a
lower pressure
to reduce friction of
larger lumen
-
blood cells and tunica intima
G valves prevent backflow
fine network
CAPILLARIES: between veins ✗
arteries
consists of
permeable
.
selectively
endothelium
G blood
only walls allow exchange
bring
=
of materials between
to cells cells in the tissues of
blood
to
THE to body
s
semilunar
Pulmonary
HEART y
: aorta
valves
artery
÷÷o¥÷É÷ f¥
-
vena pulmonary
cava
← vein
:
body
n¥¥¥µ¥vit
lungs
tricuspid valve
FBI ④ ④ ☒ BLOOD PLASMA :
pale yellow
watery liquid
I $ LENK
•
-
.
making up 50% -60% of
the blood volume
red blood cells
Erythrocytes =
Leukocytes = White blood cells
platelets = cell fragments (for blood cloning)
materials transported in blood:
Nutrients amino acids, vitamins,
glucose
:
,
minerals (carried in plasma )
oxygen : carried in haemoglobin by RBCs
CO2 carried plasma RBCs from
respiring
: in ✗
tissues
carried
urea : in plasma to
kidneys
Hormones :
transported in plasma
Antibodies : proteins ) produced by
lymphocytes
C
✗ carried in plasma
Heat : distributed from warm to cool areas
Arteries : carry blood
away from the
=
heart
thick, walls to withstand high
strong
-
pressure
↳
strength comes from fibres present
collagen
in smooth muscle which contract at
,
heartbeat to maintain blood pressure
every
and
keep the blood
flowing
, Veins :
carry blood# the heart
•
thin walls because the blood is at a
lower pressure
to reduce friction of
larger lumen
-
blood cells and tunica intima
G valves prevent backflow
fine network
CAPILLARIES: between veins ✗
arteries
consists of
permeable
.
selectively
endothelium
G blood
only walls allow exchange
bring
=
of materials between
to cells cells in the tissues of
blood
to
THE to body
s
semilunar
Pulmonary
HEART y
: aorta
valves
artery
÷÷o¥÷É÷ f¥
-
vena pulmonary
cava
← vein
:
body
n¥¥¥µ¥vit
lungs
tricuspid valve
