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BLOOD GROUPS
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HEMOSTASIS
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BLOOD CELL FORMATION
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PLASMA AND FORMED ELEMENTS
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Blood
- transports nutrients,
wastes
, hormones, and body heat from one place to another
Components of blood:
Formed elements
(living cells)
Plasma
(nonliving fluid matrix)
When blood is separated:
Plasma
(
55%
of blood)
Buffy coat
(less than
1%
of blood, contains
leukocytes
and
platelets
)
Erythrocytes
(
45
% of blood, also known as
hematocrit
)
Notable characteristics of blood:
Oxygen-rich blood is
scarlet red
Oxygen-poor blood is
dull red
or
purple
Blood pH is slightly alkaline, between
7.35
and
7.45
Blood temperature is slightly higher than body temperature, at
38°C
or
100.4°F
Makes up
8%
of body weight,
5-6
L of blood in a healthy adult
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