Blood+EP

(1) What are the functions of blood, and what are its two main portions? (2) What is the composition of plasma and what are the functions of plasma proteins? (3) What substances allow red blood cells (RBCs) to transport oxygen? (4) Why do RBCs have a bioconcave shape? (5) Name and describe three disorders associated with RBCs. (6) What are the different blood types and what determines blood type? (7) Among the ABO types of blood, who can give blood to whom? Why? (8) When does hemolytic disease in a newborn occur? (9) Tell how the functions of the cardiovascular system contribute to homeostasis? (10) In what way does the liver contribute to the functioning of the cardiovascular system?
 * The funcion of blood is too transport, defense, and regulation.
 * About 91% of plasma is water and 9% of it is salts or organic molecules. It consists of water and proteins.
 * Plasma proteins are able to take up and release hydrogen ions and help maintain the homeostasis.
 * The hemoglobin that makes red blood cells and blood a red color help them transport.
 * It gives them a greater surface area for the diffusion of gases into and out of the cell.
 * Hemolysis is rupturing the red blood cells to where they are destroyed.
 * Sickle-cell disease is when the red blood cells turn into sickle like shapes and rupture as they pass through the capillaries.
 * Anemia makes you feel run down.
 * Type A, Type B, type AB, and type O.
 * The ABO blood group and whether it is negetive or positive.
 * You have to have the same type of blood and the same amount of antigens or they wont match.
 * as soon as the anti bodies cross the placents and destroy the childs red blood cells and continues after they are born.
 * It contributes to homeostasis by giving the cells its need to how to function.
 * The liver absorbs water to maintain blood pressure and it helps the body get rid of its waste.