Part 5: Composition of Blood Plasma

Blood plasma is composed primarily of _____

water

Blood plasma is ____ water

92%

Plasma proteins: Albumins

\~ smallest and most abundant (58%)

\~ exerts the greatest colloid osmotic pressure

\~ acts as carrier proteins

Plasma proteins: alpha globulins and opulence act as …

carrier proteins

Plasma proteins: gamma globulins play a part in the bodies ….

defenses

Plasma proteins: gamma globulins are also called ________ or _______

immunoglobians

antibodies

Fibrinogen is the inactive form of …

fibrin

Fibrinogen is responsible for ….

blood cloth formation

Fibrinogen: serum

plasma fluid when clotting proteins are removed

Regulatory proteins include _______ and _______

enzymes

hormones

Colloid osmotic pressure is responsible for …

drawing fluids into the blood from the tissue

Colloid osmotic pressure helps maintain blood ______ and consequently blood _______

volume

pressure