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1. What,./are,./the,./6,./functions Gas,./transport,./Nut
,./of,./blood? rient,./transport
Waste,./removal,./-
,./transport,./Temperature,./regulation
Infection,./-
,./immunological,./defense,./Protection,./
from,./disease,./and,./fluid,./loss
2. Plasma, . / composition Over,./90%,./water,,./7%,./plasma,./proteins,./2%,./other,./substances,./(elec-
trolytes,,./nutrients,,./hormones,,./gases,,./waste)
3. Blood,./composition
Plasma,./=,./liquid,./component,./of,./blood,./that,./transports,./cells,,./nu
trients,, . / hormones,,./and,./waste.
Formed,./elements,./=,./perform,./specific,./functions
4. Erythrocytes, . / are... Red,./blood,./cells
5. Erythrocyte, . / features Contain,./hemoglobin,./(4,./oxygen,./binding,./sites,,./carries,./oxygen)
Biconclave,./disk,./for,./increased,./surface,./area/volume,./ratio,.
/MAIN,./FUNCTION:,./transport,./oxygen,./and,./carbon,./dioxide
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6. How,./does,./the,./body,./make, Body,./sense,./the,./need,./for,./oxygen,./--
./erythrocytes? >,./Kidney,./releases,./erythropoietin,./(EPO),./--
>
EPO,./stimulated,./red,./bone,./marrow,./to,./make,./more,./RBCs
7. What,./are,./thrombocytes?, . / , . / Blood,./platelets
8. Function,./of,./thrombocytes,./ blood,./clotting,./and,./wound,./healing.
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, EXSS,./256,./Exam,./2,./Revie
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9. What, . / are, . / Leukocytes? White,./blood,./cells
10. Function, . / of, . / leukocytes? Phagocytosis
combat,./parasites
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