TRANSPORT IN

ANIMALS

Components of
Blood
• LEARNING INTENTION –
• Circulatory system is a series of connected
tubes that link together the major organs of
the body. It helps to transport reactants
and products of respiration, products of
digestion, hormones and white blood
cells around the body.
 Success Criteria –

• Identify the components of blood

• Describe the role of components of blood
• Relate the structure of blood cells to their
function.
• Explain the process of blood clotting
 Title: Transport in Animals

Date: 07/04/2020

Objectives:
-Identify the components of blood
-Describe the role of components of blood
-Relate the structure of blood cells to their function.
What you need to do:
1. Write the title and date in your notebook
2. Copy today’s objectives and keywords into your book
3. Can you explain what do you mean by the keywords shown
below?

Keywords:
Plasma
Erythrocytes or Red blood cells
Leucocytes or White blood cells
Thrombocytes or Platelets
 PRETEST

Q1. How many times does your heart beat in 1 day?

A. 1,000 B. 10,000 C. 100,000 D. 1,000,000

Q2. What % of your body weight that is made up by your blood ?

A. 4% B. 8% C. 16% D.32%

Q3. How long is the life span of a red blood cell?

A. 4 hours B. 4 days
C. 4 months D. 4 years
Q4. How many litres of blood are
contained in the human body?

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5
Q5. Which of the following are likely to
increase in quantities when the body is
under attack from bacteria?
A. RBC B. WBC
C. Plasma D. Platelets
 
Q6. After a period of vigorous activity you would expect
blood leaving a muscle to have
a. less carbon dioxide, less oxygen and less glucose
b. more carbon dioxide, more oxygen and less glucose
c. more carbon dioxide, more oxygen and more glucose
d. more carbon dioxide, less oxygen and less glucose.
 I SEE- I THINK – I WONDER
1. What is blood made of?

2. Why do our body need blood?

The circulatory system is
composed of:

1) the blood (the circulating

material)

2) the heart (pump)

3) blood vessels (conduit)

 Starter Activity
Pls watch the video and complete the task given:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRh_dAzXuoU
What is inside this tube of blood?
 The Blood

red blood cell white blood cell

platelets plasma
……… is a mixture of different types of …….. suspended
in a straw coloured liquid called ……..

The main function of blood is to: carry ………. and

nutrients to the body’ cells; remove ………….; and protect
the body against ………….
Different components of the …………. carry out different
………….

Word bank: roles, cells, plasma, infection,

blood, waste, oxygen, waste products
 Primary Functions of the Circulatory System
 
1) Transportation  

- Deliver life-supporting materials, i.e., O2, glucose, amino acid,

fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, etc.
- Deliver regulating signals, i.e., hormones to tissue cells
- Collect waste products from tissue cells and deliver to special
organs (kidneys, lungs) for disposal

- Distribute heat throughout the body

2) Protection
White blood cells help in protecting the body
from infections and diseases
-
 Erythrocytes (Red Blood Cells, RBCs)
- biconcave disc shape, which is suited for gas
exchange. The shape is flexible so that RBCs can
pass though the smallest blood vessels, i.e., capillaries.
Appearance:

Structure:
-Primary cell content is hemoglobin,
the protein that binds oxygen and
carbon dioxide.
- no nucleus nor mitochondria
 Functions of Erythrocytes

1) Primary Function
Transport oxygen from the lung to tissue cells
and carbon dioxide from tissue cells to the lung
Oxyhemoglobin
- bound with oxygen
- red
Carbaminohemoglobin
20% of carbon dioxide in the blood binds to the
globin part of hemoglobin, which is called
carbamino-hemoglobin.
 White Blood Cells
there are many different types and
all contain a big nucleus.

the two main ones are the

lymphocytes and the macrophages.

macrophages ‘eat’ and digest micro-

organisms .

some lymphocytes fight disease by making antibodies to destroy

invaders by dissolving them.
other lymphocytes make antitoxins to break down poisons.
Platelets
Platelets are bits of cell
broken off larger cells.

Platelets produce
tiny fibrinogen in to
fibrin to form a net.
This net traps other
blood cells to form a
blood clot.
 Blood platelets
The blood platelets are help in blood
clotting                                                
Blood clotting has  three main
advantages                                            
-prevents  excess blood loss from the
body                                                          
-prevents the germs from entry in to
the body
-indirectly help in healing of the wounds
 Plasma
A straw-
It also contains useful
coloured things like;
liquid • carbon dioxide
that • glucose
carries • amino acids
the cells • proteins

and the • minerals

platelets • vitamins
• hormones
which
• waste materials
help like urea.
blood
clot.
What you need to do:
1. Read the information on the blood fact sheet.
2. Draw the table below in your book.
3. Use the information to complete the table

Component What does it Primary role Details

of Blood look like?
 Extended Learning:
A person suffering from sickle cell
anaemia has symptoms which
include tiredness caused by a lack
oxygen getting to their muscles. A “sickle” cell
1.Which type of blood cell does sickle cell anemia
affect. Give a reason for your answer.
2. Describe how blood cells from a sickle cell
sufferer are different. Explain why this would
prevent them from performing their role effectively.
3. Suggest something apart from shape of the blood
cell that might reduce its ability to transport
oxygen
 CHECK THE ANSWERS

• 1: Red blood cell. The role of RBC is to transport

oxygen to the muscles and body tissues
• 2. Sickle cells are crescent shape, normally RBC
are biconcave. A change in shape reduces the
surface area over which they can take up oxygen
for transport
• 3. A reduction in the level of haemoglobin /
production of haemoglobin which does not work
as effectively.
Malaria is caused by a microorganism that
gets into the blood.
Describe how the number of white blood
cells in someone with malaria would be
different to healthy person? Give a reason
for your answer.

Haemophilia is a disease caused by blood

not clotting properly.
How might you expect a blood sample from
someone with haemohilia and a healthy
person to be different?
Learning Objective:

•To describe the process of blood

clotting
•https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=--bZUeb83uU
•https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=9QVTHDM90io
 Blood Clotting
•Platelets produce thromboplastins
•Thromboplastins activate thrombokinase
•Thrombokinase converts prothrombin into
thrombin
•Thrombin converts fibrinogen in to fibrin
•Fibrin holds the blood cells form leaking out.
•The mesh like material that holds the blood
cells near the injury is called BLOOD CLOT
 Extended learning

How would the blood from the following

people be different to a healthy adult
male?
1. A male diabetic
2. A male who had an infection
3. A male marathon runner just after
their race
4. A healthy adult female
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