ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Plasma contains 91% to 92% of water and 8% to 9% of solids. It mainly comprises of: Coagulants, mainly fibrinogen, aid in blood clotting. Plasma proteins, such as albumin and globulin, that help maintain the colloidal osmotic pressure at about 25 mmHg.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plasma is the colorless liquid part of blood. Plasma holds blood cells but is not made from them.

Detailed explanation-3: -Blood plasma is the yellow liquid component of blood, in which the blood cells in whole blood are normally suspended. The color of the plasma varies considerably from one sample to another from barely yellow to dark yellow and sometimes with a brown, orange or green tinge [Figure 1a] also.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plasma is the liquid portion of blood. Plasma is a pale yellowish, watery substance that surrounds blood cells and carries them around the body. Plasma is a combination or mixture of nutrients, gases, proteins, hormones, salts, and wastes.

Detailed explanation-5: -The reason plasma is typically yellow in colour and not red like our blood is due to a pigment called bilirubin. Bilirubin is the end product of red blood cell (haemoglobin) breakdown.