MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The intercellular matrix of the blood is known as plasma. It is the blood’s liquid portion that comprises 91% of water and the rest of solutes and proteins. It comprises solutes such as nutrients, wastes, blood gases, electrolytes, and regulatory molecules.

Detailed explanation-2: -The word “plasma, ‘’ derived from the ancient Greek “to mold, ‘’ had been in use in medicine and biology for some decades when American chemist and physicist Irving Langmuir (1881-1957) began experimenting on electrical discharges in gas at the General Electric Research and Development Center in upstate New York.

Detailed explanation-3: -The blood has a fluid matrix (plasma) and specialized cells or formed elements of the blood: red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and cell fragments called platelets.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plasma is the extracellular matrix which holds the blood cells. It makes 55 percent of the total blood volume. It consists of 95% of water and 8% of proteins. The protein like serum albumins, globulins, fibrinogen etc.