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How are blood cells and platelets transported through the body?
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Blood cells and platelets are suspended in blood plasma (mostly water) and moved through the body in blood vessels (arteries, veins & capillaries). The blood is forced through the blood vessels by the heart.
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What functions as the medium through which blood cells and platelets are transported through the body?
Plasma is the liquid in which blood cells and platelets are carried around the body. Plasma is almost completely water.Hope this helps!
What are mostly water and function as the medium through which blood cells and platelets are transported through the body?
plasma
How is platelets transported?
Similarly to Red blood cells, Platelets are collected from bone marrow, transported via diffusion and then destroyed in the spleen 120 days later.
What is the medium where blood cells and platelets transported?
Plasma, a pale yellow liquid mostly water.
What are the four main component of blood?
it is cirulation... ^WRONG. the COMPONENTS of blood are plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets :) ** peopleshouldlearntoread.
What cells are in the bloodstream?
Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and liquid plasma.Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and liquid plasma.
What is the four components of blood?
The four major components in blood are: -Plasma -Platelets -Red Blood Cells -White Blood Cells
What is the tiny cell fragments in blood?
White blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
What are the three basic blood cells?
Erythrocytes (red blood cells) Leukocytes (white blood cells) Thrombocytes (platelets)
What are the 4 parts that make up your blood?
White blood cells Red blood cells Blood plasma Platelets
What 4 things are transported in your blood?
1. Hormones 2. Nutrients 3. Oxygen (in the hemoglobin of red blood cells) 4. White blood cells 5. Platelets 6. Proteins 7. Carbon dioxide There are a lot more than just 4 substances.
Will the red and white blood cells and platelets which make up the blood be remove while urea is remove from the blood why?
No, red and white blood cells and platelets are not removed when urea is removed from the blood. Urea is a waste product that is filtered out by the kidneys, while the red and white blood cells and platelets are important components of the blood that perform essential functions in the body.
