MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Blood is approximately 10% of an adult’s weight.

Detailed explanation-2: -Normally, 7-8% of human body weight is from blood. In adults, this amounts to 4.5-6 quarts of blood. This essential fluid carries out the critical functions of transporting oxygen and nutrients to our cells and getting rid of carbon dioxide, ammonia, and other waste products.

Detailed explanation-3: -If you had no blood, you’d weigh 8 to 10% less. (Of course, you wouldn’t be alive, either.) So, for example, in a person weighing 120 lbs. (54 kilograms), blood takes up about 9.6 to 12 lbs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Between 8-12 pints of blood are in the body of an average adult. A newborn baby has about one cup of blood in his/her body.