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What is whole blood minus the cells called?

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C. Perez

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Answered Feb 18, 2021

Whole blood minus the cell is called blood plasma. It contains about 92 percent of water and 9 percent of solid particles. Although plasma can be seen as the liquid base for whole blood, it does not contain blood cells like leukocytes or white blood cells, erythrocytes or red blood cells, and thrombocytes or platelets.

The constituents of blood plasma include coagulants. These are materials that aid in blood clotting. Fibrinogen is an important substance, a protein, that plays a part in the forming of clots. Blood plasma also contains plasma proteins. Examples of some of these proteins are globulin and albumin.

Globulin and albumin are proteins that maintain and regulate the colloidal osmotic pressure of the blood at 25mmHg. Blood plasma also contains certain electrolytes such as bicarbonate, sodium, calcium, potassium, chloride. There are also traces of Immunoglobulins in the blood plasma.

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T. Perez

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Answered Feb 12, 2021

The whole blood minus the cells are also called plasma. If you would check the blood, you will see that the largest part of the blood is called the plasma. Plasma is in charge of carrying the water, salts, and available enzymes so that the rest of the body can also have access to these things.

The main goal of plasma is to make sure that it will take enough nutrients, proteins, and hormones to the body’s different organs. The waste products that come from the cell will also be going to the plasma. There are different types of diseases that can be cured with the use of plasma. Some would use plasma as an antibody in order to recover from different types of conditions.

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G. Roland

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Answered Feb 12, 2021

The whole blood minus the cells is called serum, which is the liquid part of blood after coagulation or separation, and plasma is blood minus blood cells and fibrin. Whole blood is human blood from a traditional blood donation, and it is sometimes utilized in the treatment of massive bleeding in exchange for transfusion.

One complete unit of blood raises hemoglobin levels by about ten g/L. The serum is the fluid and solute element of blood that does not play a part in clotting, and it can be identified as blood plasma devoid of fibrinogens. Serum consist of all proteins not used in blood clotting, electrolytes, antibodies, antigens, hormones, and other various substances. The serum does not have white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets, or clotting functions.

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Answered Jun 13, 2019

The correct answer to this question is Plasma. It is a yellow liquid of blood. Plasma is home to the blood cells. It also carries cells through the body. 55% of the body's blood volume is Plasma. There are many facilities in the US where one can sell their Plasma in exchange for money.

Plasma donation is famous for blood transfusions, and the donation is mainly taken from AB donors. This term is also used in physics. There are four states of matter, and Plasma is one of them. The other three are solids, liquids, and gas. Irving Langmuir, a chemist, first described Plasma in the 1920s.

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Robert Hazlewood

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Answered May 23, 2019

Plasma makes up the most significant portion of our blood, and when the cells are separated from the blood, It is a light yellow liquid, which carries nutrients, hormones, and proteins to the parts of your body that needs them. Plasma is a crucial component of the treatment for many health problems, and it also carries water, salt, enzymes, antibodies, and clotting factor and the proteins called albumin and fibrinogen.

The proteins in plasma are used to treat rare and chronic conditions, such as autoimmune disorders. The donation of blood is vital, and they have special equipment that separates the plasma and returns the remaining blood cells to your system. People with blood type AB can donate their plasma, and because of their type, the plasma can be used for anyone.

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Orion thames

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Answered Sep 10, 2018

Plasma
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