BLOOD IS RED ,because all its cells are packed called with a red-colored substance called hemoglobin.Using this, the red blood cells pickup vital oxygen and deliver it to the body's cells.To achieve this and the other roles, such as removing waste, blood is pumped along blood vessels by the heart.
BLOOD COMPOSITION - IF Blood is poured into a glass tube and spun in a centrifuge ,its main components separate into three layers-
PLASMA- A watery liquid containing food , waste, harmonies and many other substance.
WHITE BLOOD CELLS AND PLATELETS
White blood cells fight infection and platelets prevent bleeding by causing blood clots.
RED BLOOD CELLS.-These transport oxygen from lungs to tissues.
BLOOD VESSELS -There are three types of blood vessels namely-
Arteries-it carry oxygen rich blood from the heart to the tissue and have thick muscular walls.
Veins- these are thin walled they carry oxygen oxygen poor blood form the tissue to the heart.
Capillaries -these are microscopic and one cell thick, they carry blood through tissues and link arteries and veins.
INTERESTING FACTS-
BLOOD COMPOSITION - IF Blood is poured into a glass tube and spun in a centrifuge ,its main components separate into three layers-
PLASMA- A watery liquid containing food , waste, harmonies and many other substance.
WHITE BLOOD CELLS AND PLATELETS
White blood cells fight infection and platelets prevent bleeding by causing blood clots.
RED BLOOD CELLS.-These transport oxygen from lungs to tissues.
BLOOD VESSELS -There are three types of blood vessels namely-
Arteries-it carry oxygen rich blood from the heart to the tissue and have thick muscular walls.
Veins- these are thin walled they carry oxygen oxygen poor blood form the tissue to the heart.
Capillaries -these are microscopic and one cell thick, they carry blood through tissues and link arteries and veins.
INTERESTING FACTS-
- On average women's heart beats faster than men's.
- A single drop of blood contains 250 million oxygen carrying red blood cells, 16 million blood-clotting platelets , and 375,000 infection -fighting white blood cells.
- On an average day our two kidneys process the equivalent of 12 bathtubs of blood.Kidney remove waste and excess water, which are then released from the body in up to a liter of urine.
- The number of red blood cells in the blood is 25 trillion.
- The amount of blood in an average adult is 5 liters.
- The number of molecules of hemoglobin inside a red blood cell is 250 million .
- The heart beats 2.5 billion times without resting during a 70 years period.
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