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blood’s first function
transporting oxygen, waste, hormone
blood’s middle function
regulates body tempurature, pH and fluid volume
blood’s last function
prevents infection + blood loss
thrombocytes function
clotting blood when a vessel is broken
thrombocytes are
platelets made of tiny fragments of other cells
monocytes
become macrophages after leaving bloodstream
lymphocytes
found in lymph nodes, not bloodstream
basophils
release histamines
easinophils
kill parasitic worms + produced during infection
neutrophils
engulf + destroy foreign bacteria
do agranulocytes have visible granules?
no
agranulocytes nuclei shape
spherical or kidney
granulocyte granules are
visible
granulocyte nuclei shape
lobe
leukocytes flow through
blood
erythrocytes always stay in
bloodstream
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