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03 Composition of Blood
03 Composition of Blood
BLOOD
Dr. Suhas Ballal
THE IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF BLOOD ARE:
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• Platelets, also called thrombocytes, are the cells involved in the clotting of
blood during injury. A normal human platelet count ranges from 1,50,000 to
4,50,000 platelets per microlitre of blood.
• Platelets have no cell nucleus; they are fragments of cytoplasm that are derived
from the megakaryocytes in the bone marrow