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| what % of blood plasma is made up of water? |
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| What is the only fluid tissue in the body that has both liquid and cellular components? |
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| In order for blood to circulate in the body it has to be pumped by the ____ and conducted through the _______. |
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| Arteries branch until they become |
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| How does oxygen and nutrients leave the blood and enters body tissues? |
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| By diffusing through capillary walls |
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| Cappillary beds give rise to _____ which returns blood to the _______. |
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| Fromt the heart blood is pumped to the _______ where it loses ________ and gain oxygen. |
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| Blood has a pH between ________ & _______. |
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| BLood functions are divided into _____, _____ and _____. |
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| distribution, regulatory and protection |
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| Blood plasma contains dissolved solutes such as: |
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| nutrients, gases, hormones,wastes and products of cell activity. |
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| What is the moast abundant plasma solutes |
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| Except for hormones and gamma globulins, most plasma proteins are produced by the _______. |
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| Albumins account for what % of plasma proteins? |
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| Acts as a carrier to shuttle certain molecules, also an important blood buffer. |
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| Plasma protein that contributes to osmotic pressure |
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| What are the formed elements of blood? |
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| Erythrocytes, Leukocytes, and platelets |
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| What two formed elements are not true blood cells and why? |
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| Erythrocyes and Platelets are not real B.B they do not have nuclei or organelles. |
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| Most blood cells do not divide, instead they are renewed by division of cells int the ________. |
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| Shaped like biconcave discs. Flattened disc with depressed centers |
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| Erythrocytes or red blood cells |
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| What is meant by anucleate? |
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| What is the function of RBC? |
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| Besides water, what % of RBC is hemoglobin |
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| Why are erythrocyes excellent oxygen carriers? |
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| Because they are anaerobic therefore they do not require oxygen |
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