Blood
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Broader Terms
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Narrower Terms
blood cell, blood coagulation, blood group, plasma, serum
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Related Terms
cardiovascular system, hematology, hematopoiesis, hematopoietic tissue
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Scope Note
fluid that circulates through the heart, arteries, capillaries and veins, carrying nutriment and oxygen to and waste from the body cells; it consists of plasma, containing microscopically visible formed elements of the blood; erythrocytes; leukocytes; and blood platelets.
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Facts
- Blood is watery, and cholesterol is fatty.
- Blood is the fluid of life, transporting oxygen from the lungs to body tissue and carbon dioxide from body tissue to the lungs.
- Blood is the fluid that circulates through the body and carries nourishment and oxygen to the cells and tissue, and that takes away waste matter and carbon dioxide.
- Blood contains three types of blood cells: red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets that are produced in the bone marrow.
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