Page 19 - The Miracle of the Blood and Heart

Blood: The Incomparable
Liquid of Life

However, it is very different from these, because the cells that
comprise bone or muscle tissues are tightly bound to one
another. Despite being a tissue, the cells in the blood move
freely, independently of one another. Red blood cells (erythro-
cytes), white blood cells (leukocytes) and thrombocytes float in
the blood plasma.
The human body contains between 5 and 6 liters (1.3 and

A child who falls and cuts his knee actually loses millions of erythrocytes and
thrombocytes, and thousands of leukocytes. All these cells in the blood are
individually important to our lives.

Adnan
Oktar

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