Ch 3.1 - Component of blood

What is the main function of plasma in the blood?

• Producing energy

• Transporting oxygen

• Defending the body

• Transporting gases, nutrients, and waste products

What is the role of red blood cells?

• Transporting oxygen

• Producing antibodies

• Defending the body

• Causing blood to clot

What is the function of white blood cells?

• Defending the body against pathogens

• Transporting oxygen

• Producing energy

• Causing blood to clot

What is the role of platelets in the blood?

• Producing energy

• Causing blood to clot

• Transporting oxygen

• Defending the body against pathogens

What happens to the blood in the capillaries?

• It becomes deoxygenated

• It loses pressure

• It gains pressure

• It becomes oxygenated

What is the primary role of capillaries?

• Transporting oxygen

• Allowing nutrients and waste products to move between blood and cells

• Defending the body against pathogens

• Producing energy

What is the function of arteries in the circulatory system?

• Causing blood to clot

• Transporting deoxygenated blood to the heart

• Allowing nutrients and waste products to move between blood and cells

• Transporting oxygenated blood away from the heart

What is the role of veins in the circulatory system?

• Allowing nutrients and waste products to move between blood and cells

• Transporting oxygenated blood away from the heart

• Assisting low pressure blood to flow back to the heart

• Transporting deoxygenated blood to the heart

What is the substance in red blood cells that reacts with oxygen from the lungs?

• Enzyme

• Hemoglobin

• Plasma

• Antibodies

What is the main component of plasma?

• Hemoglobin

• Oxygen

• Water

• Enzyme