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magazine (issue of August 2006, page 8) 5 2010 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. All rights reserved.
BLOOD
PLASMA
PROTEINS 7%
ALBUMINS GLOBULINS FIBRINOGEN
The Composition of
(leukocytes) constitute less than 1 percent of whole blood. These attack and destroy potentially harmful foreign matter.
Blood donors generally give whole blood. In many cases, though, they donate plasma. While some countries transfuse whole blood, more commonly, blood is separated into its primary components before it is tested and used in transfusion medicine. Note the four primary components, their function, and the percentage of total blood volume each represents.
PLATELETS
(thrombocytes) constitute less than 1 percent of whole blood. These form clots, blocking blood from exiting wounds.
Just as blood plasma can be a source of various fractions, other primary components can be processed to isolate smaller parts, or fractions. For example, hemoglobin is a fraction of the red blood cell.
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62 percent of whole blood. It is a strawcolored uid in which blood cells, proteins, and other substances are suspended and transported. Water constitutes 91.5 percent of plasma. Proteins, from which plasma fractions are derived, constitute 7 percent of the plasma (including albumins, which make up about 4 percent of the plasma; globulins, about 3 percent; and brinogen, less than 1 percent). The remaining 1.5 percent of plasma is made up of other substances, such as nutrients, hormones, respiratory gases, electrolytes, vitamins, and nitrogenous wastes.
(erythrocytes) constitute between 38 and 48 percent of whole blood. These cells keep tissue alive by bringing oxygen to it and taking carbon dioxide away.
FRACTIONATION