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3 Major reason why a cells becomes less capable of independent existence as it becomes more specialized?
- less able to protect its
- less able to see and eat food
- less able to excrete waste products
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cells in multicellular animals are completely dependent on
the internal environment
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when interstitial fluid enters blood vessels
blood plasma
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when plasma enters the lyphatic system it becomes
lymph
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the extracellular fluid is
interstitial fluid, blood plasma, and lymph
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The cardiovascular system consists of
blood, blood vessels, and the heart
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the lymphatic system consists of
the lymph, lymphatic vessels, and structures and organs that contain lympatic tissue
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Lympatic systems role in protecting the body from spread of diesease
LS recieves interstital fluid , which includes wastes, microorgs, ccancer, and filters it through lymph nodes concentrating disease producing orgs and providing defense mechanisms for the body prior to returning the fluid to the blood.
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whole blood
celllike portion- the formed elements, and straw colored liquid portion- plasma- 55%
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PLASMA components
- 91.5% Water
- 8.6% solutes- plasma proteins- maintained at specific concentrations
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Plasma Proteins found in the
liver
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plasma proteins divided into three large groups
- albumins-54%
- globulins-38%
- fibrinogen-7%
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used as a carrier of some blood solutes, major contributor to viscosity and osmolarity of the blood
albumin
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involved in solute transport and blood clotting, the gammas are for anitbodys( immunity)
globulins
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fibrinogen
percursor to fibrin used in blood coagulation
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RBC are ___ than other blood component so they go to the ___ of the tube in a ____
- denser
- bottom
- hematocrit
- constitute 45% of total volume of blood
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what is the buffy coat?
atop of the RBCs makes up less than 1% composed of leukocytes and pallets.
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