Anatomy 17.1 Blood plasma
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Blood plasma is a
star-colored sticky fluid
-about 90% of water
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Plasma proteins are
the most abundant solutes
-remain in the blood, not taken up by cells
-proteins produce mostly by liver
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Albumin
makes up 60% of plasma proteins
-carrier of other molecules, as blood buffer & plasma osmotic pressure
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Onlw WBC’s are
complete cells
-RBC do NOT have nuclei or other organelles
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Platelets are
cell fragments
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blood cells originate in bone marrow and do NOT
Divide
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Formed elements - WBC, RBC, & plateltes only survive how many days in the bloodstream?
Few days
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