Formed elements consists of?

Consists of enzymes that speed up chemical rxns & proenzymes (precursors of enzymes)

Life span: ~120 days

Every erythrocyte is filled w/ ______ hemoglobin

Clotting proteins removed from plasma, it becomes ______.

______ is 55% of whole blood

Participates in blood coagulation, converted to fibrin, helps forms blood clots

Life span: ~8-10 days

Each molecule of hemoglobin consist of 4 polypeptide chains, what are the called?

Plasma Proteins is ______ of plasma

______ is <1% of whole blood

Exerts osmotic force to retain fluid within the blood

Life span: varies from 12 hours ______ to years ______

Oxygen binds to the ______ for transport in the blood

Other Solutes are ______ Blood Plasma, what are they?

______ is 44% of whole blood

______ transport iron ions & lipids in blood

True or false: mature erythrocytes have nuclei & organelles

Oxygen bonding is weak to ensure rapid attachment & detachment of oxygen w/ hemoglobin because

______ are antibodies that immobilize pathogens

~92% of plasma is ______

______ transport lipids & metal ions

______ allow respiratory gases to be loaded & unloaded rapidly & efficiently. As well as stacking them together, they move more through a blood vessel if they’re stacked

Evaluate the following sentence: Carbon dioxide & the globin molecule (not the iron ion) have a similar weak attachment relationship for the transport & exchange of carbon dioxide molecules

Measures oxygen saturation - measure the % of hemoglobin binding sites in the blood stream occupied by oxygen.