BLOOD PHYSIOLOGY

PRESENTED BY: SAIMA HOSSAIN SARA

 WHAT IS BLOOD?

• BLOOD IS A VISCOUS,SLIGHTLY ALKALINE AND SALTY FLUID. BLOOD

CIRCULATES THROUGH ARTERIES, VEINS,CAPILLARIES. I T APPEARS RED DUE TO
THE PRESENCE OF HAEMOGLOBIN. BLOOD IS A LIQUID CONNECTIVE TISSUE. I T
HAS TWO COMPONENTS – PLASMA AND BLOOD CELLS. HERE WE WILL
DISCUSS ABOUT BLOOD CELLS ONLY.
 BLOOD CELLS ARE OF
THREE TYPES – RED BLOOD
CELLS(RBC), WHITE BLOOD
CELLS(WBC),PLATELETS.
 RED BLOOD CELLS (RBC)

• THESE ARE HUGE IN NUMBER AND PLAY A

CRUCIAL ROLE FOR TRANSPORTATION OF
OXYGEN. THEY ARE FORMED IN BONE
MARROW. THEIR AVERAGE VIABILITY IS 120
DAYS. THEY ARE NON- NUCLEATED AND
APPEARS MOSTLY LIKE BICONCAVE DISCS.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 5 MILLION RED
BLOOD CORPUSCLE PRESENT PER CUBIC
MILLILITER OF AN ADULT MALE. THIS IS 500
TIMES MORE THAN THAT OF WHITE BLOOD
CORPUSCLES.
 WHITE BLOOD CELLS This Phot o by U nknow n aut hor is licensed under CC BY-SA.

• WHITE BLOOD CELLS ARE BIG AND IRREGULAR IN SHAPE, CONTAIN A NUCLEUS AND FEWER IN

NUMBER THAN RBC. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 4-10 THOUSAND WHITE BLOOD CELLS PRT CUBIC
MILLILITER OF AN ADULT MALE. THEY ARE ALSO PRODUCED IN THE BONE MARROW AND
LYMPHATICS GLANDS. THEIR AVERAGE VIABILITY IS 1-15 DAYS. THEY ARE COLOURLESS. IF THE

BODY IS ATTACKED BY GERMS, IT RAPIDLY INCREASES ITS NUMBER AND KILLS THEM BY THE
PHAGOCYTOSIS PROCESS. ONLY WBC CONTAIN DNA.WHITE BLOOD CELLS ARE OF 2 TYPES-
ARAGNULOCYTES AND GRANULOCYTES. AGRANULOCYTES ARE – LYMPOCYTE AND
MONOCYTE. GRANULOCYTES ARE – NEUTROPHIL, BASOPHIL, EOSINOPHIL. DEAD WHITE BLOOD
CELLS TURN INTO PUS. IF WBC INCREASES EXCESSIVELY, LEUKEMIA OCCURS.
 PLATELETS
• PLATELETS ARE SMALL IN SIZE,
COLOURLESS,ROUND,OVAL OR
ROD SHAPED. THEY HAVE STAINED
GRANULAR NON-NUCLEATED
CYTOPLASM THAT CONTAIN CELL
ORGANELLES LIKE GOLGI BODY,

MITOCHONDRIA. THERE ARE 2.5

MILLIONS PLATELETS PER CUBIC
MILLILITER OF BLOOD. THEIR

NUMBER IS COMPARATIVELY HIGH

IN ILL BODY. THEIR AVERAGE

VIABILITY IS 5-10 DAYS. PLATELETS

HELP IN BLOOD COAGULATION.
 FUNCTIONS OF
BLOOD
1)REMOVAL OF
CARBONDIOXIDE
2) TRANSPORTATION OF
DIGESTED FOOD
3) BALANCING
TEMPERATURE CONDITION
4) ELIMINATION OF WASTE
PRODUCTS
5) HORMONE TRANSPORT
6) PREVENTION OF DISEASES
7) BLOOD CLOTTING
8) OXYGEN
TRANSPORTATION
 PRESENTED BY:
SAIMA HOSSAIN SARA
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BLOOD PHYSIOLOGY