SOC 16

Question 1

Importance of red blood cells

Answer 1

They transport oxygen from the lungs to the bodys cells and carbon dioxide from cells to lungs
They contain haemoglobin which stores oxygen and co2
Important fromlong distance running as working muscles require oxygen

Question 2

Importance of white blood cells

Answer 2

The blood contains transparent cells (white blood cells)
Defend bodys system
Produce antibodies to fight infection and disease as an athlete cant train/perform while ill

Question 3

Importance of platelets

Answer 3

Formed in the bone marrow
Tiny fragments that clump together to help blood clot and stop bleeding
Blood is the first line of defence in the repair of a wound
When a blood vessel is cut platelets rush to the area and swell into irregular shapes, they become sticky and act as a plug
If a performer gets a cut or abrasion

Question 4

Importance of plasma

Answer 4

To take nutrients, hormones, and proteins to the parts of the body that need it
Cells also put their waste products into the plasma. The plasma then helps remove this waste from the body

Question 5

Immune system

Answer 5

Strictures and processes in your body that stop disease

Question 6

Thrombokinase

Answer 6

Substance involved in blood clotting

Question 7

Serotonin

Answer 7

Hormone that triggers the clotting process

Question 8

Plasma

Answer 8

The fluid part of blood

Question 9

Erythrocyte

Answer 9

Red blood cell

Question 10

Haemogoblin

Answer 10

Red protein in the blood that transports oxygen

Question 11

Anaemia

Answer 11

Condition where there is a lack of red cells of haemogoblin in the blood

Question 12

Leukocyte

Answer 12

White blood cell

Question 13

Pathogen

Answer 13

Agent that causes disease such as a virus

Question 14

Antibody

Answer 14

Chemical that destroys a pathogen