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Circulatory system consist of what liquid?

The liquid organ of the circulatory system is blood. The liquid portion of the blood, minus the formed elements, is the plasma.


Serum is the _____.?

Serum is the liquid portion of blood AFTER it has clot. Compared to plasma, which is the liquid portion of blood before it clots. The difference is the absence of fibrinogen in serum.


What are ingredients of blood serum?

Blood Serum is the liquid portion of a blood clot.


What is the above liquid portion of anticoagulated blood that has been centurfuged?

plasma


What happened if there is Plasma in the blood?

This would be whole blood and normal - blood is made of blood cells and plasma (the liquid portion).


What is the liquid portion of whole blood called?

The liquid part is plasma and the solid part are the RBCs(red blood corpuscles/cells).


Is the liquid portion of a specimen collected in a tube containing EDTA is serum?

No, the liquid portion of a specimen collected in a tube containing EDTA is plasma. Serum is the liquid portion of a blood sample collected in a tube without anticoagulant. EDTA is an anticoagulant that prevents blood clotting by chelating calcium ions.


Which component of blood contains fibrinogen?

the yellow liquid portion of whole blood containing fibrinogen is known as?


Is plasma a liquid portion of blood?

Plasma is the liquid portion of blood that makes up about 55% of the total volume of blood. It is composed mostly of water along with proteins, electrolytes, hormones, and waste products. Plasma helps transport nutrients, hormones, and waste products throughout the body.


What is the fluid portion of blood called?

The liquid in blood is called plasma. Blood comprises four different components: red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma.


Why liquid portion of blood is slightly greater by volume than the solid portion?

Blood is more liquid than solid because it has to travel through small passage ways. If more solid material is present in the blood, it would solidify and the organism would die because no nutrients could be transported to its cells.


The best instrument to use to separate the liquid portion from the soild portions in the whole blood is a an?

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