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Plasma
Plasma
Plasma carries pretty much anything that needs to go from one place to another in your body.
Blood is a tissue because it has different types of cells in it. Pick the 4 different types of cells in blood tissue below.
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Plasma is like the river that all the other blood cells swim around in
Just over half the volume of blood in your body is plasma.
Plasma also transports things like glucose and amino acids from your gut to your cells. What do you call for example glucose and amino acids with one word?
Actually, plasma carries pretty much anything that needs to get from one place to another in your body. Pick 6 options below that plasma also transports.
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Where does plasma transport carbon dioxide from and to?
A) From the cells to the lungs B) From the lungs to the cells
Carbon dioxide builds up in cells because it is a waste product in cellular _________________, which cells carry out to produce energy.
Urea is a waste product like carbon dioxide. Where do you think the blood's plasma transports urea to?
Summary! Blood is a tissue
It contains red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma.
Plasma is the straw-coloured liquid that the other blood cells swim around in
About half your blood's volume is plasma.
Plasma carries pretty much anything that needs to get from one place to another in your body
Nutrients from your blood to your cells. Carbon dioxide from cells to your lungs. Urea to your kidneys.
It also transports proteins, hormones, antibodies and other blood cells.