Blood
- Created by: emews
- Created on: 04-11-17 10:15
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- Blood
- Plasma
- Transporting carbon dioxide, digested food, urea, hormones and heat
- Red blood cells
- transporting oxygen
- contain haemoglobin
- no nucleus
- small and flexible
- white blood cells
- ingesting pathogens and producing antibodies
- Antibodies can neutralise toxins by:
- causing bacteria to burst open and die
- labelling the pathogen so it's recognised more easily by phagocytes
- sticking pathogens together in clumps so they can be recognised by phagocytes more easily.
- platelets
- Involved in blood clotting
- Plasma
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