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what type of tissue is blood - ANSW✔️fluid connective tissue
Functions of blood - ANSW✔️transportation
regulation
protection
what does blood transport - ANSW✔️gases
hormones
nutrients and waste products
what does blood regulate - ANSW✔️pH
temp
fluid levels
how does blood protect - ANSW✔️immune response
clotting
,what type of blood functions in protection - ANSW✔️WBCs
antibodies
how does blood clot - ANSW✔️platelets
proteins
function of heart - ANSW✔️pump blood throughout the body
function of arteries - ANSW✔️carry blood away from heart with oxygen and to the rest of the body
function of capillaries - ANSW✔️located at sites where O2 and other nutrients are transferred to
bloodstream and other tissues of the body
function of veins - ANSW✔️carry deoxygenated blood to the heart from the rest of the body
function of lungs - ANSW✔️intake oxygen
give to pulmonary arteries
get rid of carbon dioxide
blood consists of - ANSW✔️consists of plasma and formed elements
types of blood cells - ANSW✔️red blood cells (RBC)
white blood cells (WBC)
,platelets
plasma - ANSW✔️fluid matrix of blood
no cells
interstitial fluid - ANSW✔️fluid that leaks out of capillaries
what is interstitial fluid derived from - ANSW✔️plasma
lymph - ANSW✔️interstitial fluid that has entered the lymph vessels
Does interstitial fluid and lymph contain WBC or RBC - ANSW✔️WBC
blood is ____% of body weight - ANSW✔️8%
average blood volume in males - ANSW✔️5-6L
average blood volume in females - ANSW✔️4-5L
blood is made up of - ANSW✔️55% plasma
45% formed elements (blood cells)
blood plasma made up of - ANSW✔️92% water
7% proteins
, 1% ions, nutrients, gases, wastes
what is blood plasma called after clotting proteins are removed - ANSW✔️serum
hematocrit - ANSW✔️percentage of volume of all formed elements
hematocrit is ___% of total blood volume - ANSW✔️45%
percents within hematocrit (formed elements) - ANSW✔️1% buffy coat
44% erythrocytes (RBCs)
buffy coat - ANSW✔️white blood cells and platelets
Erythrocytes structure - ANSW✔️biconcave discs
no nucleus
no organelles
flexible plasma membrane
function of red blood cells - ANSW✔️gas transport
what allows red blood cells to function well in gas exchange - ANSW✔️huge surface area
filled with hemoglobin which binds to O2