KIN 2500 Chapter : Chapter 12 SI Worksheet 1
15 Mar 2019
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Functions of blood: protection from disease and blood loss, regulation of ph, temp, and blood pressure, movement of oxygen, co2and nutrients. Components of blood: blood is composed of 2 main components: plasma. Plasma: what percent of plasma is water, what percent of plasma are solutes, most of these solutes are proteins. Wbcs platelets: what are the 3 types of granular leukocytes? basophils neutrophil eosinophil, what are the 2 types of agranular leukocytes? lymphocytes monocytes. Cannot reproduce anymore, committed to turning to some specific element of blood. Red blood cells: are biconcave discs that are highly specialized for their oxygen transport function, do they have a nucleus? no, each rbc contains about 280 million hemoglobin molecules. Each hemoglobin molecule can carry up to ____4__ oxygen molecules: a hemoglobin molecules consists of a protein called. Lets go of oxygen: hemoglobin also transports a waste product of metabolism: 23% of total co2.
