Classify the given product into elements, compounds and mixtures - Blood.
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Blood is actually a mixture.
This can be explained as, composition of blood is not uniform, as some area can have higher RBC level while some can have low RBC.
Blood : It is fundamentally a fluid forms in humans and other animals that transfers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and also metabolic waste give away from body cells.
In vertebrates, blood cells suspended in blood plasma is located. Plasma, 55% of blood fluid, is mostly water , and contains :-proteins, glucose, mineral ions, hormones, carbon dioxide, and blood cells themselves.
Main protein in plasma is Albumen, and it functions to regulate the colloidal osmotic pressure of blood. The main cells are red blood cells (also called RBCs or erythrocytes), white blood cells and platelets (also called thrombocytes).
Most common cells in vertebrate blood are red blood cells. These contain haemoglobin, which is a high iron containing protein.