Simple organisms like sponges and coelenterates circulate water from their surroundings through their body cavities to facilitate the cells to exchange ______, nutrients
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______ is the most commonly used body fluid by most of the higher organisms including humans for this purpose
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Another body fluid, ______, also helps in the transport of certain substances.
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Blood is a special connective tissue consisting of a ______, plasma, and formed elements.
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Plasma is a straw coloured, viscous fluid constituting nearly ______ per cent of the blood. 90-92 per cent of plasma is water and proteins contribute 6-8 per cent of it
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Fibrinogen, globulins and ______ are the major proteins.
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______ are needed for clotting or coagulation of blood. Globulins primarly are involved in defense mechanisms of the body and the albumins help in osmotic balance
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Plasma also contains small amounts of minerals like Na+, Ca++, Mg++, HCO3 –, Cl–, etc. Glucose, ______, lipids, etc., are also present in the plasma as they are always in transit in the body.
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Factors for coagulation or clotting of blood are also present in the plasma in an ______ form .
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Plasma without the clotting factors is called ______ .
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______, leucocytes and platelets are collectively called formed elements and they constitute nearly ______ per cent of the blood.
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______ or red blood cells (RBC) are the most abundant of all the cells in blood.
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A healthy adult man has, on an average, 5 millions to ______ of RBCs mm–3 of blood
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