RT Book, Section
A1 Kibble, Jonathan D.
A1 Halsey, Colby R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1106601944
T1 Blood
T2 Medical Physiology: The Big Picture
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-148567-8
LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106601944
RD 2024/04/18
AB Blood  circulates  within  the  cardiovascular  system  to  provide  a  vehicle  for  the  distribution  of  respiratory  gases,  nutrients,  water,  electrolytes,  hormones,  antibodies,  drugs,  metabolic  waste,  and  heat  throughout  the  body.  Most  of  the  major  negative  feedback  control  systems  of  the  body  defend  normal  blood  composition  (e.g.,  blood  glucose  concentration,  blood  volume,  and  arterial  O2  partial  pressure).  Blood  is  composed  of  cellular  elements  (i.e.,  red  blood  cells,  white  blood  cells,  and  platelets),  which  are  suspended  in  blood  plasma.  A  person  who  weighs  70  kg  has  approximately  5  L  of  blood,  of  which  about  2  L  is  occupied  by  the  formed  cellular  elements  and  3  L  is  plasma.