Blood Components Table Completion

blood, heart, blood vessels, and lymph

two

two ventricles and two auricles

<p>transporting oxygenated blood and nutrients, and collecting metabolic wastes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>providing essential nutrients, minerals, and hormones to various parts of the body, and collecting metabolic waste and toxins from the cells and tissues</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>purifies or expels them from the body</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1,00,000 kilometres</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In the chest cavity, right between the lungs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Four chambers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Double circulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To circulate nutrients, hormones, minerals, and other essential components to different parts of the body</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Transporting oxygen, nutrients, and other substances to various parts of the body</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Heart, blood vessels, lymphatic system</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Every tissue in the body has a steady supply of oxygenated blood, and it does not get mixed with the deoxygenated blood</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>90% water</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Red blood cells transport oxygen, white blood cells destroy invading micro-organisms, and platelets help blood to clot.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Platelets help blood to clot and seal wounds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>White blood cells help to defend us against bacteria and viruses by capturing, killing, and digesting them, as well as producing antibodies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Plasma transports dissolved substances such as sugar.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Platelets are little fragments of cells that help the blood to clot and seal wounds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>White blood cells help to defend the body against bacteria and viruses, while red blood cells transport oxygen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Kareena is wrong because arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart, while veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>You can feel your pulse in an artery because arteries have thick, elastic walls that expand and spring back as the blood surges through, creating the pulse.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The function of capillaries is to supply cells with necessary substances, such as oxygen and sugar, and to take away their waste products.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Capillaries have very thin walls made up of only one layer of cells, unlike the thick, elastic walls of arteries and the thinner walls of veins.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The main function of veins is to carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Arteries have thick, strong, elastic walls to withstand the strong forces as the heart pumps blood through them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Capillaries have thin walls made up of only one layer of cells, allowing substances in the blood, such as oxygen and sugar, to easily get out and supply the surrounding tissues.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Veins have much thinner walls compared to arteries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The role of capillaries is to carry blood close to every tissue in the body, supplying the tissues with necessary substances and removing waste products.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Capillaries have thin walls made up of only one layer of cells, which allows for the easy exchange of substances between the blood and the surrounding tissues.</p> Signup and view all the answers