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Cardiovascular System
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Cardiovascular System
Blood
Blood is made up of straw coloured liquid plasma and blood cells called formed elements. Plasma is mostly water with dissolved solids
RBC account for most of the formed elements. These cells transport oxygen from lungs to tissues and carbon di oxide from tissues to lungs . RBCs are produced in the red bone marrow and liver in response to erythropoietin that is produced in the kidneys in response to hypoxia.
WBC are a part of formed elements of blood. The most common WBCs are neutrophils, lymphocytes and monocytes and the least common are eosinophils and basophils. Neutrophils and monocytes kill bacteria; Lymphocytes produce antibodies; Eosinophils fight parasites; Basophil scavenge debris.
Your blood type is based on the antigen on the surface of the RBCs.There are four possible blood types. The two most common blood types are O and B. The universal donor blood type is 'O'; the universal acceptor blood type is 'AB'. The possible genotypes for A,B ,AB,O blood are AA or AO, BB or BO, AB and OO. Type AB+ blood has A,B and Rh (D) antigen and no antibodies. Type A- can be safely tranfused to A and AB (+ and -) recipients.
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