In addition to serving as the body's transportation system. components of blood also help regulate body temperature, fight ________, and produce clots to minimize the loss of body fluids from wounds.

About 55 percent of total blood volume is a fluid called __________.

Plasma is about 90 percent water and 10 percent dissolved gases, salts, nutrients,  __________, plasma proteins, cholesterol, and other compounds

_________ and globulins transport substances such as fatty acids, hormones, and vitamins.

Plasma proteins consist of three types-albumin, globulins, and____________.

Albumin also plays an important role in balancing _________ pressure between blood plasma and surrounding tissues.

The most numerous cells in blood are ____________ cells, or erythrocytes.

The main function of red blood cells is to transport ____________.

Red blood cells are produced by cells in the __________.

As erythrocytes mature and fill with __________, nuclei and other organelles are forced out.

_________ cells guard against infection, fight parasites, and attack bacteria.

Lymphocytes are involved in the immune response. B lymphocytes produce ___________ that fight infection and provide immunity.

In a healthy person, red blood cells outnumber white blood cells by almost __________ to 1.

Platelets and plasma proteins cause blood to _________.

___________ are formed when the cytoplasm of particular bone marrow cells breaks apart into tiny membrane-enclosed fragments that then enter the blood