KINE 2011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Blood Vessel, Mesh Networking, Antibody
17 Sep 2017
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Represents ~ 8% of total body weight. Average volume for women is 5l, 5. 5 l in mean. Plasma = complex liquid ~ 58% for women; 55% for men. Buffy coat: platelets and leukocytes = <1% of whole blood. Haematocrit = cell volume (suspended cellular elements) *important technically refers to both white and blood cells, and all the cellular elements, however over 99% of it is red blood cells. So, when we see a change in haematocrit it"s because of the red blood cells. Most of the haematocrit is red blood cells. Constituents of plasma * what are their roles? see table 9-1 for summary. Water (90% of volume): carries heat away from areas they are generated. Transport medium if we didn"t have this fluid portion, we couldn"t move as much in the body. Electrolytes, your salts (na, k, ca, dissolved ions that must move around).
