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General functions of cardiovascular system - answer- transportation
- regulation
- protection
parts of centrifuged blood - answer- plasma
- buffy coat
- hematocrit
what is in plasma - answerwater, dissolved gases, nutrients, waste products, proteins
what is in the buffy coat - answerWBC's and platelets
what is in the hematocrit - answerRBCS
what percentage of blood is made of plasma - answer55%
what percentage of blood is made of the buffy coat - answerless than 1%
what percentage of blood is made of the hematocrits - answer45%
what are the three formed elements found in the blood - answerRBCs, WBCs, platelets
RBCs - answer- lack a nucleus
- biconcave disc shape
- bags of hemoglobin
- carry oxygen
- carry some carbon dioxide
where are RBCs formed - answerred bone marrow
what are RBCs formed from - answerhematopoietic stem cells, myeloid stem cells,
erythroblasts, reticulocyte and mature RBCs
to make an RBC you need - answerEPO, amino acids, iron and vitamin B12
the steps to hemoglobin recycling - answerfunctions of bilrubin, bilverdin, stercobilin,
urobilinogen and transferrin
hemoglobin is made up of - answeriron and globin