Plasma Facts

• Carries RBC’s, WBC’s & platelets

• 90% of plasma is water
• Remaining 10% consists of the
following substances dissolved in
the water: glucose, salts, amino
acids, vitamins, enzymes, hormones,
cellular wastes, and proteins.
Plasma is therefore referred to as
the

of
the
blood.
Three major proteins that
are carried in the plasma:

Keeps too much

water from
leaving the blood
by osmosis.
 Involved in
blood clotting

Antibodies are an
example that bind
and destroy foreign
invaders
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