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*Transports gases, nutrients, and waste products
*Regulation of pH and osmosis
*Maintenance of body temperature
*Protection against foreign substances
*clot formation |
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| Liquid part of blood -Pale yellow made yp of 91 water |
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-Albumin: regulation of water movement between tissues and blood
-Globulins: immune system
-Fibrinogen: formation of blood clots |
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Red blood cells(erythrocytes)
White blood cells(Leukocytes)
Platelets (thrombocytes)
only survive for days to months in bloodstream |
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transport oxygen from lungs to tissues and carbon dioxide from tissues to lungs
*Biconcave, anucleate
Components-Hemoglobin, carbonic anhydrase |
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| protect body against microorganism and remove blood cells and remove dead cells and debris |
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Cell fragments from larger cells in red bone
Prevent blood loss and promote formation of clots |
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Leukemia refers to cancerous conditions involving white blood cells
*Bone marrow becomes totally occupied with cancerous leukocytes |
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1.Clotting factors
2.Thrombin
3.Fibrin |
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| Hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) |
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| Mother produces anti-Rh antibodies that cross placenta and cause agglutination and hemolysis of fetal RBCs |
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| the percentage of RBCs out of the total blood volume (WBCs and platelets in buffy coat) |
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