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INDEX

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INTRODUCTION
BLOOD CELL
RBC
WBC
PLATELETS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCE
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INTRODUCTION

Blood is a fluid tissue with a complex structure. In most animals it is red coloured due to the
presence of hemoglobin. Blood flows continuously throughout the body. Blood is the important part of
our body. There are various function of blood. The structure of the blood is well suited for performing
the functions. Blood consists of 55% liquid plasma and 45% blood cells. The body of an adult human
being contains about 5 liter blood. The most abundant cells in vertebrate blood are red blood cells.
These contain hemoglobin, an iron-containing protein, which facilitates transportation of oxygen by
reversibly binding to this respiratory gas and greatly increasing its solubility in blood. In contrast, carbon
dioxide is almost entirely transported extracellularly dissolved in plasma as bicarbonate ion.

















BLOOD CELL

Blood is a tissue. The blood cells are of three types. Transport of materials, providing immunity,
maintenance of the body temperature etc. is some of the various functions of the blood. The red blood
corpuscles, white blood corpuscles and platelets are the three types of blood cells. Blood consists of
liquid plasma. The structure of plasma is suitable for the transport of food particles. It has the following
components.
1. Water 90 to 92 %
2. Organic compounds
Proteins
Albumin
Globulin
Fibrinogen
Amino acids
Enzymes
Hormones
Glucose
Vitamins
Urea, uric acid
3. Inorganic compounds
Salts and ions of sodium, potassium and calcium
Water soluble factors like glucose are transported through the water in plasma and other substances are
transported through plasma proteins.










The blood cells are of three types. They are
Red Blood Corpuscles (RBC)
The red blood corpuscles are more in number. The life span of RBC is 120 days. The RBC is
destroyed at spleen. The main function of RBC is to transport respiratory gases. The RBC is red in colour
due to the presence of hemoglobin. Due to the lack of hemoglobin causes the disease called anemia.
























White Blood Corpuscles (WBC)
White blood corpuscles are of different types such as neutrophils, basophiles, eosinophils ,
monocytes and lymphocytes. WBC provides immunity to the body. The life span of WBC is 1-15 days.
The body produces too many white blood cells cause the disease leukemia or blood cancer.






















Platelets
Platelets are a kind of blood cell. The main function of the platelets is to immediately plug the
minor wounds formed in the blood vessels. Platelets are also essential for the clotting of blood. The lack
of platelets causes hemophilia. Hemophilia is a medical condition in which a persons blood does not
thicken or clot properly when they are injured, so they continue bleeding. Platelets does not contain
nucleus.



















BLOOD
Plasma Blood cells
Organic
compounds
Water WBC RBC
Inorganic
compounds

Platelets
CONCLUSION

Blood is the important part of our body. The blood cells provide immunity to our body. Blood
plays an important role in sustaining life. There is nothing which can replace blood. In emergencies, to
save a life, it might become necessary for a patient to receive someone elses blood. Donating blood in
no way is harmful and in fact is good for the body.


















REFERENCE

1. Biology Text Book of Std IX by SCERT, Kerala
2. En.Wikipedia.org
3. www.bloodjournal.org