MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Plasma, also known as blood plasma, appears light-yellowish or straw-colored. It serves as the liquid base for whole blood. Whole blood minus erythrocytes (RBCs), leukocytes (WBCs), and thrombocytes (platelets) make up the plasma.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The color of the plasma is straw yellow due to the presence of a yellow-colored pigment in it which is called bilirubin. Bilirubin is a product of red blood cell breakdown that takes place in the .

Detailed explanation-4: -The straw-colored fluid that forms the top layer is called plasma and forms about 60% of blood. The middle white layer is composed of white blood cells (WBCs) and platelets, and the bottom red layer is the red blood cells (RBCs).

Detailed explanation-5: -There is the suspension of blood cells in the straw-coloured fluid, this fluid is called plasma. The blood has basically two components: Plasma: acellular fluid. Blood cells: RBCs (erythrocytes), WBCs (leukocytes), and platelets (thrombocytes).