Components of Blood

Plasma- Liquid part of blood, mainly water.

Functions of blood plasma- carries blood cells around the
body, carries dissolved nutrients, hormones, CO2, urea.
Help in heat distribution

Cells of the Blood

Blood is a tissue composed of a number of important
specialized cells.
Red Blood Cells
There are approximately 5 million red blood cells per
mm3 of blood.
Red blood cells contain haemoglobin, a protein with a
quaternary structure that contains haem iron groups
which can bind reversibly to oxygen.
Oxyhaemoglibin= haemoglobin + oxygen.
Distinctive features of erythrocytes when viewed under
the microscope, are their distinctive biconcave disc
shape (cause by their lack of nucleus).