Question

Read the following question number (a) to (e) on the basis of your understanding of the
following paragraph and related studied concepts.
Blood is a fluid connective tissue that circulates throughout our body and delivers essential
substances like oxygen to the body cells. It also transports metabolic waste products away from the
cells. Figure alongside depicts the percentage composition of different components of blood. Blood
cannot be made or manufactured outside the body. Blood donation is the only source of blood for
patients that need blood transfusion.

Plasma (55%)
White blood cells
and platelets (<1%)
Red blood cells (45%)

a) Which component is deficient in our body if you loose too much of blood from a cut?
b) Name the pigment present in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to all the body
tissues.
c) Based on the information shown by the graph what could be the possible cause for reduced
platelet count?

d) why do you think donating blood is not harmful even though red blood cells carry oxygen to the blood cells?
e) what kind of connective tissue is blood?​​

Answer 1

Answer:

Blood

Body fluid

Blood is a body fluid in humans and other animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. In vertebrates, it is composed of blood cells suspended in blood plasma.

Latin: haema