HISTOLOGY
BLOOD VESSELS
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Question
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To release antibodies to fight infections.
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To transport oxygen around the body.
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To carry dissolved nutrients and sugars.
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To transport oxygen around the body.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Plasma is designed to carry nutrients, hormones, and proteins to the different parts of the body. It also carries away the waste products of cell metabolism from various tissues to the organs responsible for detoxifying and/or excreting them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Electrolytes like sodium, potassium, bicarbonate, chloride, and calcium help maintain blood pH. Immunoglobulins help fight infection and various other small amounts of enzymes, hormones, and vitamins.
Detailed explanation-3: -Plasma serves as a transport medium for delivering nutrients to the cells of the various organs of the body and for transporting waste products derived from cellular metabolism to the kidneys, liver, and lungs for excretion.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nutrients. The blood carries nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, sugars, fats and proteins around the body. Digested nutrients are absorbed into the blood through capillaries in the small intestine. They are then moved to the cells around the body where they are needed.