1. What is the major difference between platelets and plasma?
2. Where are white blood cells stored?
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Explanation:
1. What is the major difference between platelets and plasma?
Answer : The main difference between platelets and plasma is that platelets are a type of blood cells whereas plasma is the liquid that holds platelets. Platelets are small, colorless fragments, which are critical in blood clotting. Plasma suspends blood cells and other important substances.
2. Where are white blood cells stored?
Answer :
- White blood cells are made in the bone marrow.
- They are stored in your blood and lymph tissues. Because some white blood cells have a short life of 1 to 3 days, your bone marrow is always making them.
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Q1) ✳ Plasma
→ Plasma is the matrix of the blood which consists of all the blood components.
→ It is a fluid composed of water and other solutes that constitutes 55% of the blood.
→ Plasma is yellow in colour.
✳ Platelets
→ Platelets are components of the blood that help in the clotting of wounds.
→ They only account less than 1% of the total blood.
→ They are colourless and are shaped like discs.
Q2) The white blood cells (WBCs) are one of the components of blood that help to fight and prevent diseases. They are produced in the bone marrow and is stored in the lymph tissues that are found in the arteries of our body.
Knowledge Bytes:
→ Blood is a connective tissue with many components such as RBCs, WBCs and platelets in it.
→ Blood is responsible for the functioning of the organs along with giving and taking nutrients and waste materials.
→ WBCs are amoeboid. They do not have any specific shape.
→ WBCs have a short lifespan of 1 to 3 days.
→ When we suffer from diseases, our platelet count lowers as our body uses these platelets to fight off the disease causing microbes.