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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