PLASMA PLATELETS LEUCOCYTES ERYTHROCYTES

55% OF HUMAN BLOOD PLATELETS ARE CELL COLORLESS RED IN COLOR

FRAGMENTS FROM BONE
MARROW
MAIN TRANSPORT MEDIUM INVOLVES IN THE PROCESS HAVE A NUCLEUS DO NOT HAVE NUCLEUS
OF BLOOD CLOTTING
CONSTITUENTS MAJOR FUNCTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN HEMOGLOBIN DIAMETER: 7.5 µm
WATER (90% OF PLASMA)
• SOLVENT FOR
TRANSPORTIN LARGER THAN RED BLOOD CELLS LARGE SURFACE AREA TO VOLUM
G DISSOLVED RATION FOR GAS EXCHANGE
SUBSTANCE eg.
GLUCOSE CLASSIFIED TO : EACH RBC CONTAINS 250 MILLION OF
IONS
SODIUM, POTASSIUM,
• MAINTAIN
1. GRANULAR LEUCOCYTES HEMOGLOBIN
OSMOTIC 2. AGRANULAR LEUCOCYTES
MAGNESIUM, CALCIUM,
CHLORIDE, BICARBONATE BALANCE IN
THE BLOOD MADE UP LESS THAN 1 % OF BLOOD`S SHAPE: BICONCAVE DISC
• MAINTAIN pH VOLUME
OF THE BLOOD
AT 7.4 MADE FROM STEM CELLS IN THE LIFESPAN: 120 DAYS
PLASMA PROTEINS • COLLECTIVELY MARROW
MAINTAIN
• ALBUMIN OSMOTIC FUNCTION: TO FIGHT INFECTION DESTROYED IN LIVER & SPLEEN
BALANCE
BETWEEN THE
BLOOD & THE LEUCOCYTES CAN SQUEEZE THRU CONTINOUSLY MANUFACTURED IN
INTERSTITIAL PORES IN THE CAPILLARIES BONE MARROW OF LONG BONES, RIB,
FLUID SKULL & VERTEBRAE
• FIBRINOGEN • INVOLVED IN
CLOTTING OF IT CAN FIGHT INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN 2 MILLION RED BLOOD CELLS ARE
BLOOD THE INTERSTIRIAL FLUID DESTROYED & REPLACED EVERY
• ANTIBODIES SECOND
• IMMUNOGLOBULINS THAT HELP IN
THE BODY`S
DEFENCE
HORMONES • CONTROLS
PHYSIOLOGICA
L ACTIVITIES
IN THE BODY
DISSOLVED SUBSTANCES • ESSENTIAL FOR
• NUTRIENTS ENERGY,
• WASTE PRODUCTS GROWTH &
• RESPIRATORY MAINTAINENC
GASES E OF HEALTH