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The pref\~'fürefii~,~~1n~~fo6~r:~ei~&
~§~f/bi~;d·is h~ematq¡o;f,jqi~dpñi,ia ;s:adisea se of th e
blood ª~ª
a'_ha.em,~:rt~~iije{fs:~_:,b-rüise.r~:r g~ ,ahs;,b}oodlo,r~·s lfr.~he'b',~ne:marrow by prq9~_SS called
haemoge'n·~sis_.J31ocJ'd!cTrculates arou ridJff~,oddyth rougH;the ca rdiovascü lar system of a'rteries, vei ns
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and capiflaries: · · . · _· · · . .. · ···.: .·· ·· · - ·
Blood 'has;rrianYtónc'fiC?ñi; 1 f d istri bútes.'o~ygén, keeps t.~~'i body warm, a nd.removes waste. More
than ha lfofthe blóotf-lñ.f_h é _b9:9y is~a fluid caJied 'plasma-;- pl_as,_m'a·_¡s mbstly \\/at~r.' Th_e restofthe
bloodis made :Üp~pf t~d-~~}J~]~ b.l.ch:~s~rry9:*yge~; whife c,ens _vy_hich p:rot~ct against disease, and
plateletswhi(:h.bé,af Wou··nd{~:~•-:.: :·-_';{;:: :<:•::-~·-,_-,:_ ··:·· \; _
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When someone -loses:-adbt;qf,;blqodJheY,ne~d,_;áJran_,sfqsip,n~iJ her~_a·re'difte,renttypes of human blood
and medies usuaéUy,us,e;i b,e':Á~'Osystem ,wpi9fr·p~J~s blo'oci'i',riiq~f6 qr_ina (ri :grdu'ps': A)-B, ÁB; ando. The
donor blood must'be .
cbm'pat'i5"!É:!'Witt\ t~~ :blooo oft,he·redpient, b~cau~.e a'tr~nsfüsion ofthe wrong
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blood can be fata l.

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Medica I cond itions ?)ffett':l;)lood rna.'r,íjs,vays, ~o ,~ ºJq9d ,t,~~f ts ago.9dw,ay !o get information
about a patient's state ofhealth. The:sti:a'p~~;,~{z~nbeha\li~ur~r,d nú~~erofblood cells can provide
information about kidneyand liverfunctibh~ aho_~t'ieyéls;'o fbo{rn.one~glüc'ose and cholesterol, and
abouta patient's irnmune syst~m: · · · ·· · · ' · · ·
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