BLOOD MEDICAL TERM NORMAL VALUES FUNCTION LIFESPAN

COMPONENT
RBC erythrocyte Male: 4.7 to carry oxygen from 110 to 120 days
6.1cells/mcL our lungs to the
Female: 4.2 to 5.4 rest of our bodies.
million cells/mcL.
WBC leukocytes 4,500 to 11,000 protecting your 13 to 20 days
WBCs per body from
microliter infection
PLATELET thrombocytes 150,000 to help form blood 5 to 10 days
450,000 platelets clots to slow or
per microliter of stop bleeding and
blood to help wounds
heal