Cells
Is a type of cell that is a light color
What is a white blood cell
Makes up 55% of our blood composition
What is plasma
Purpose of red blood cells
What is to carry oxygen from the lungs to the body
Amount of liters of blood found in a healthy male
What is 5-6 liters
Is a type of cell that is a dark color
What is a red blood cell
The scientific name for red blood cells
What is Erythrocytes
Makes up 45% of our blood composition
Purpose of white blood cells
What is to combat infection
Amount of liters of blood found in a healthy female
What is 4-5 liters
Is the liquid portion of the composition of blood
What is plasma
The scientific name for platelets
What is thrombocytes
What are white blood cells
Purpose of platelets
What is involved in the process of clotting and help repair slightly damaged blood vessels
Blood compared to water is
What is more vicious and heavier
When blood lacks oxygen it turns this color
What is dark red
This type of cell lives for 120 days
What are erythrocytes
Makes up less than 1% of our blood composition and is not a type of cell
What are platelets
What does plasma transport
What are electrolytes, proteins, gases, nutrients, waste products, and hormones.
Last name of our teacher
Who is Vaughn
When blood is rich in oxygen it turns this color
What is scarlet red
This type of cell is replaced at the rate of 2 million per second
What are erythrocytes
Blood accounts for what % of our overall body weight
What is 8%
By what process to leukocytes combat infection
What is phagocytosis
The name of this class
Anatomy: Structure and Function