BIOL 208 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Capillary, Oxygen, Blood
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Blood is ct - derived and produced in bone marrow, and bone is ct, thus blood is ct. Matrix in blood is fluid. it is not fibers, rather fluid. Blood consists of cells and a matrix of fluid. **when you cut yourself, the blood that comes out is whole blood. Whole blood has 2 components; plasma and formed elements (fe) formed elements are called this because they don"t dissolve in liquid matrix, rather they float within it. 55% of blood is plasma least dense component liquid. Within that water there is 10% of dissolved materials. 6 items dissolved in plasma; these items are transported because they are dissolved in the plasma. transported, move along, then leave. 1) inorganic ions - 9/10 of plasma volume; sodium, chlorine, and bicarbonate. 2) plasma proteins (7-9%) - antibodies, clotting factors, enzymes - these have a protein base to them. 3) organic nutrients - not the major molecules, but the breakdown portion of molecules.
