Page 133 - The Miracle of the Blood and Heart

Blood: The Incomparable
Liquid of Life

acid proportions at a specific level in other tissues.
Since plasma is the fluid component of blood, its level can
decline by 50% during excessive perspiration, or can rise by
60% when large amounts of water are consumed. The water
contained in the plasma is the basic element of blood, but
there are also solids in plasma, such as proteins. These include
fibrinogen, which permits blood clotting (to be examined in
depth in the section on blood clotting), the albumin that regu-
lates the level of blood cells and body fluid, and globulins rich

Blood is
extracted...
Centrifuge
... and placed in
a tube.
55% PLASMA
Contents Basic functions

Water A solution for
transporting
other substances
Salts (electrolytes)
Sodium Regulation of Plasma, which makes up 55%
Potassium osmotic balance, pH of the blood, is exceedingly
Calcium balance and mem-
Magnesium brane permeability important because of the
Chloride substances it carries and the
Bicarbonate
properties it possesses. Many
Plasma proteins Osmotic balance, pH
Albumin processes that keep the body
balance
Fibrinogen Blood clotting in balance, from the trans-
Globulins Defense (antibodies) portation of nutrients and
and fat transportation
wastes to the regulation of
Substances carried in the blood blood pressure, depend on
Nutrients (glucose, vitamins, amino acids) the characteristics and wide
Metabolism wastes (urea, uric acid)
Respiratory gasses (CO 2 and O 2 ) mobility of plasma.
Hormones
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