Blood Component Cards

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Think about:

 Colour
 % composition
There isn’t as much information on this blood component so also:
 Include a summary of the main functions of blood.
 Q: Why does blood look red although plasma is yellow?

Think about:
 The adaptations of a RBC
 % composition
 Haemoglobin
 Q: Red blood cells are unusual in not having a nucleus. Explain
how this is an adaptation for their role in carrying oxygen, and
why they have a limited life.
LYMPHOCYTE
Think about:
Lymphocyte
 How do you structurally distinguish a phagocyte from a
lymphocyte?
 % composition
 Antibodies

PHAGOCYTE
Think about:
Phagocyte
 How do you structurally distinguish a phagocyte from a
lymphocyte?
 % composition
 Phagocytosis
Think about:
 % composition
 Blood clotting

Names of different blood vessels Think about:


 Arteries definition
 Veins definition
 Main artery
 Main vein
 Blood vessel that goes to and from lungs
o What are they likely to carry?
 Blood vessel that goes to and from kidney
o What are they likely to carry?
 Blood vessel that goes to and from liver
o What are they likely to carry?

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