AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY

HUMAN CIRCULATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The liquid portion of the blood is
A
red blood cells
B
white blood cells
C
plasma
D
thrombin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Plasma is the largest part of your blood. It, makes up more than half (about 55%) of its overall content. When separated from the rest of the blood, plasma is a light yellow liquid. Plasma carries water, salts and enzymes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plasma. The watery fluid portion of blood (90 percent water) in which the corpuscular elements are suspended. It transports nutrients as well as wastes throughout the body.

Detailed explanation-3: -He used the analogy of blood, with the ions being the corpuscles and the remaining gas being a clear liquid and named the ionized state of a gas as plasma. Thus, this name prevailed.

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