1
Q
what is plasma?
A
yellow liquid in blood
2
Q
how much of blood is plasma?
A
55%
3
Q
what is it made up off?
A
mainly water
4
Q
what doses plasma carry?
A
everything except oxygen
5
Q
what is the shape of a RBC?
A
biconcave disk shape
6
Q
what do RBC have that give the red pigment?
A
a protien called heamogolbin
7
Q
what does the protien RBC have react with in the lungs?
A
lungs
Hb + 4O2⇌HbO8
respiring organs
8
Q
what are WBC adapted to do?
A
destroy foreign cells
9
Q
what do lymphocytes do?
A
produce antibodies a protein that destroy foreign cells
10
Q
what do phagocytes do?
A
engulf foreign cell through phagocytsis
11
Q
what are platelets and what are they responsible for?
A
tiny fragment of cells in blood that clot blood.
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