Red Blood cells
Red blood cells are shaped like what food?
What is a donut
White blood cells make up how much of the blood's volume?
What is 1%
Where is plasma located in our body?
What is in our blood?
what do platelets do for our body?
What is help the process of blood clotting
What do red blood cells transport through the body?
What is oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Red blood cells make up what percent of blood?
What is 40-45% of our total blood volume.
What are two types of white blood cells?
-Neutrophils
-Monocytes
-Lymphocytes
-Eosinophils
-Basophils
Plasma made of what components?
What is water, sugar, fat, protein, and salt
what role do platelets have in our blood system?
they help to close the wound
they assist in clotting by gathering at the site of the injury
What percent of each component is in whole blood?
What is:
55% plasma
45% white and red blood cells
What other name is used for red blood cells?
What is erythrocytes, or RBCs.
What is the function of the white blood cells.
What is fight off infections and diseases.
Plasma is 90% what chemical?
What is water?
The name of the disease where clotting factors are absent.
What is hemophilia?
What percent of your total body weight is blood?
What is 7-8%
The life span of a red blood cell is...
What is 120 days?
Where are white blood cells produced?
What is bone marrow?
Plasma carries what chemical to the body?
What is oxygen?
What is the concern if someone has a higher then normal number of platelets?
What is greater risk of strokes and heart attacks
How many pints of blood does the average man have?
What is 12 pints
What is a red blood cell missing, that makes them more flexible than other cells?
What is they lack a nucleus?
Leucocytes do what to any bacteria or viruses that enter the body?
What are attacks?
Plasma is what color?
What is yellow?
What do platelets look like when they are in "active" mode?
What is an octopus, or a spider. They have threadlike tentacles that bind to the wound and form a clot.
How many pints of blood does the average woman have?
What is 9 pints