Blood

Question 1

What is blood?

Answer 1

Blood is a fluid liquid tissue that is made up of a mixture of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets all suspended in a water fluid known as plasma.

Question 2

What is a tissue?

Answer 2

tissues are groups of cells that perform similar functions.

Question 3

What is another name for red blood cells?

Answer 3

Erythrocyte

Question 4

What is another name for white blood cells?

Answer 4

Leucocyte

Question 5

What is another name for a platelet?

Answer 5

Thrombocyte

Question 6

What is plasma?

Answer 6

• plasma makes up 55% blood
• 90% of plasma is made up of water
• 10% of plasma contains dissolved substances that are being transported

Question 7

What dissolved substances does plasma trasnport?

Answer 7

• glucose
• proteins
• hormones
• nutrients
• waste products
• salts
• gases

Question 8

what is the function of the blood?

Answer 8

• it carries absorbed food and nutrients
• it carries oxygen to the cells
• carries metabolic waste from the cells to the excretory organs for removal
• circulates hormone and heat (chemical messengers)

Question 9

What is oxygenated blood?

Answer 9

this is blood that has passed through the lungs and carries a high concentration of oxygen to the body

Question 10

What is deoxygenated blood?

Answer 10

Blood that has already delivered its oxygen to the body and now carries a high concentration of carbon dioxide