ANP 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Factor X, Thrombopoietin, Vasospasm

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Anatomy and Physiology
• Course: ANP 1105
• Professor: Jacqueline Carnegie

Document Summary

Delivering nutrients and oxygen around the body 2. Transporting metabolic waste products away from cells 3. Transporting hormones from the endocrine organs to target organs. Maintain body temperature through heat release and absorption 2. Maintains normal ph through the use of buffers in the blood to avoid the disruption of normal cells activities 3. Maintains adequate fluid volume in the circulatory system. Prevent blood loss through the use of platelets, which have clotting factors 2. Wbcs) which defend the body against foreign invaders such as viruses. Blood is the only fluid tissue in the human body; however dissolved fibrin proteins become visible when blood clots. Buffy coat- thin whitish layer after blood has been centrifuged that is present at the erythrocyte-plasma junction and contains leukocytes (wbc"s) and platelets. Oxygen rich blood is scarlet in color while deoxygenated blood is a very dark red. 8% of your body weight is blood (5-6 liters in men and 4-5l in women)