Components of Blood
- Created by: Corrine S
- Created on: 11-05-13 00:10
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- Components of Blood
- Plasma
- Straw coloured liquid
- Main component of blood
- Consists largely of water
- Contains range of dissolved substances to be transported
- Fibrinogen
- Erythrocytes
- Biconcave discs
- Contain haemoglobin
- Red pigment
- Carries oxygen
- Formed in red bone marrow
- Short bones
- Ribs
- Short bones
- Limited life of 120 days
- Leucocytes
- Larger than erythrocytes
- Contain nucleus
- Colourless cytoplasm
- Formed in white bone marrow
- Long bones
- Humerus, Femur
- Long bones
- Platelets
- Tiny fragments of large cells
- Megakaryocytes
- Found in bone marrow
- Involved in blood clotting
- Tiny fragments of large cells
- Plasma
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