Functions of the blood Flashcards
1
Q
What is plasma
A
Plasma is the blood without the blood cells
2
Q
What is carried in the plasma
A
Red blood cells, water, food products like glucose and amino acids, carbon dioxide, you rear, hormones, antibodies
3
Q
What makes red blood cells good for carrying oxygen
A
Red blood cells have a buyer caved shape to give them a large surface area to volume ratio
4
Q
Why don’t riblet cells have a nucleus
A
To free up more space for haemoglobin.
