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Overview of Blood Components and Functions

Blood is composed of four main components: plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Plasma is the liquid portion of blood and carries nutrients, hormones, and proteins. Red blood cells contain hemoglobin and transport oxygen to tissues. White blood cells help fight diseases. Platelets help form blood clots to stop bleeding.

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Overview of Blood Components and Functions

Blood is composed of four main components: plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Plasma is the liquid portion of blood and carries nutrients, hormones, and proteins. Red blood cells contain hemoglobin and transport oxygen to tissues. White blood cells help fight diseases. Platelets help form blood clots to stop bleeding.

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BLOOD COMPONENTS

Blood Components
Blood Components
Blood Components
Blood Components
Blood Components

Blood is made up of four components:


•Plasma
•Red blood cells
•White blood cells
•Platelets
Blood Components
Plasma
•Most materials transported in blood travel in the
plasma.
•Plasma is the liquid part of blood.
•Water makes up 90% of plasma.
•The other 10% is dissolved materials.
•Plasma also carries hormones (chemical
messengers).
Blood Components

• Proteins give plasma its yellow color.


There are three groups of plasma proteins:
[Link] the amount of water in the blood.
[Link] by white blood cells, helps fight
diseases.
[Link] with platelets to form blood clots.
Blood Components

Red Blood Cells


• Take up oxygen from the lungs
• Distributes it to cells everywhere in your body.
• They can bend and twist easily.
• This flexibility enables them to squeeze through
narrow capillaries.
Blood Components

Red Blood Cells


•Made mostly of hemoglobin
•When combine with oxygen, they are bright
red. W/out oxygen, they are dark red / bluish
•Red blood cells are biconcave
•Mature red blood cells have no nucleus.
Red blood cells

Mature red blood cells have no nuclei.


Biconcave in shape (space in centre)
Blood Components

White Blood Cells


•Produced in bone marrow.
•One WBC for every 500-1000 RBC’s
•Have Nuclei
•Larger than RBC’s
•Used to fight diseases
White Blood Cells
Blood Components

Platelets
•Cell fragments which help form blood clots.
•Stick to wounded site and release chemicals
which help form a protein called fibrin.
Platelets

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