Biology·Organisation & maintenance · NSSCO 3.8.2
Blood
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The living red river inside you — the four parts of blood and what each does, how a cut clots, and how oxygen, food and waste are exchanged with your cells through tissue fluid.
What you'll learn in this lesson
By the end you should be able to (NSSCO Biology 3.8.2):
- State the functions of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma
- State the functions of lymphocytes and phagocytes
- Describe blood clotting, limited to the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin
- Describe the transfer of nutrients between capillaries and tissue fluid
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