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Hematocrit

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% of total blood volume occupied by red blood cells (between 42-47%, higher for males)

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Functions of blood

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Transport (oxygen carbon dioxide, nutrients, waste, ions, hormones, heat)
Regulation (ion and pH balance)
Defence (immune protection)
Hemostasis (prevention of blood loss)

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Anemia

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Not enough hematocrit

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Polycythemia

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Too much hematocrit

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Composition of plasma

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Mostly water, also electrolytes, substances being transported (carbon dioxide, nutrients, waste, hormones), plasma proteins

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Function of plasma (and proteins)

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Distribution of body water, buffering, transport, defence, hemostasis

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Albumin

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From the liver, major contributors to colloid osmotic pressure of plasma, carriers for various substances

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Globulins

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From liver and lymphoid tissue, clotting factors, enzymes, antibiotics, carriers for various substances

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Fibrinogen

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From the liver, forms fibrin threads that are essential to blood clotting

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Transferrin

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From the liver and other tissues, iron transport

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Red blood cell

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Transport of oxygen

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Neutrophil

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Phagocytic polymorphonuclear granulocyte (white blood cell/leukocyte)

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Eosinophil

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Defence against parasites, polymorphonuclear granulocyte (white blood cell/leukocyte)

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Basophils

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Inflammation, polymorphonuclear granulocyte (white blood cell/leukocyte)

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Monocytes

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Phagocyte, immune defence, (white blood cell/leukocyte)

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B cell

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Antibody production, humoral immunity, lymphocyte (white blood cell/leukocyte)

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T cell

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Cellular immunity, lymphocyte (white blood cell/leukocyte)

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Platelets

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For heemostasis

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Hematopoiesis

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Hemoblast (stem cell) differentiating into various blood cells

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