[HAP201] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 32 pages long Study Guide!
6 Feb 2017
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Hap201/week three/chapter 19: functions and properties of blood. Blood: this is a liquid connective tissue that consists of cells surrounded by a liquid extracellular matrix. This matrix is called blood plasma and suspends various cells and cell fragments. Interstitial fluid: the fluid that bathes body cells and is constantly renewed by the blood. Blood is able to transport oxygen form the lungs and nutrients from the blood into the gi tract, which diffuse from the blood into the interstitial fluid and then into body cells. Carbon dioxide and other wastes move in the reverse direction. These wastes are transported by the blood to various organs, such as the lungs, kidneys, and the skin, for elimination from the body. It has three general functions: transportation: it transports oxygen from the lungs to the cells of the body and carbon dioxide from the body cells to the lungs for exhalation.
