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Similarly to Red blood cells, Platelets are collected from bone marrow, transported via diffusion and then destroyed in the spleen 120 days later.
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What is the medium where blood cells and platelets transported?
Plasma, a pale yellow liquid mostly water.
What are mostly water and function as the medium through which blood cells and platelets are transported through the body?
plasma
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!
How are blood cells and platelets transported through the body?
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.
What are the five substance that transported in plasma by the circulatory system?
Six substances which are transported in the bloodstream include:red and white blood cells, platelets,carbon dioxide,hormones,Plasma
Name the things transported by blood plasma?
- Respiratory gases-oxygen n carbon dioxide - Hormones secreted by endocrine glands. - Waste material - Ions
Why are platelets important when you have a cut?
Platelets help heal your wound, the scabs that form are the platelets
What are microcytic platelets?
platelets that are smaller in size than your average platelets... Can be associated with aplastic anemia.
What cellular component in the blood is crucial in blood clotting?
platelets.
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 is the tiny cell fragments in blood?
White blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
What is the count of platelets in hemophilia patient?
because there is only the defects in function of platelets in hemophilia and not reduction in number of platelets!
